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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system

Search for a matching stem cell donor

CPT 38204the billing code this page is about

Covers the work of searching registries and arranging acquisition of donor blood-forming stem cells for a transplant recipient.

Hospitals typically charge $1,288 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 209 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,647. Most fall between $210 and $4,176 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
209
States
32
Filings dated
Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 209 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$133$314$1,288$3,309$4,881

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 37× what the cheapest tenth charges ($133 vs $4,881).

How the prices are spread

$126 – $195: 27 hospitals$126$195 – $302: 16 hospitals$302 – $467: 11 hospitals$302$467 – $723: 23 hospitals$723 – $1,118: 15 hospitals$723$1,118 – $1,730: 19 hospitals$1,730 – $2,675: 26 hospitals$1,730$2,675 – $4,138: 15 hospitals$4,138 – $6,400: 34 hospitals$4,138$6,400 – $9,900: 4 hospitals$6,400median $1,288price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (190 of 209 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$126$19527
$195$30216
$302$46711
$467$72323
$723$1,11815
$1,118$1,73019
$1,730$2,67526
$2,675$4,13815
$4,138$6,40034
$6,400$9,9004

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,288.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $403 across 10 hospitalsNY$403Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $728 across 12 hospitalsOH$728Pennsylvania: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $5,110 across 11 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $577 across 46 hospitalsCA$577Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMOKentucky: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,288 across 14 hospitalsNC$1,288South Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $133 across 10 hospitalsOK$133Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $4,322 across 17 hospitalsGA$4,322Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $4,176 across 17 hospitalsTX$4,176Florida: median $1,446 across 10 hospitalsFL$1,446
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,288. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ11$5,110+297%$4,350 – $5,741
Georgia GA17$4,322+235%$3,162 – $4,322
Texas TX17$4,176+224%$4,176 – $4,176
Florida FL10$1,446+12%$1,446 – $1,446
North Carolina NC14$1,2880%$1,288 – $1,987
Ohio OH12$728−43%$728 – $983
California CA46$577−55%$443 – $2,439
New York NY10$403−69%$95 – $90,301
Oklahoma OK10$133−90%$133 – $133
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,288.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care187$1,288$210 – $4,176
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access3fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit18fewer than 20 hospitals
Government28$1,288$253 – $3,162
Non-profit160$1,010$210 – $4,176
System affiliation
Part of a system188$1,288$240 – $4,176
Independent21$314$145 – $1,924

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,970
Median cash price$1,288
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

172 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,111 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,325; most fall between $221 and $3,217.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 172 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$133$284$1,111$2,681$4,322

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 32× what the cheapest tenth charges ($133 vs $4,322).

Of the 201 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 172 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

209 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (5%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 250 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted209
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here18
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code250

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Mgmt Rcp Hematop Progenitor Cell Donor &Acquisj.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Search for a matching stem cell donor (CPT 38204) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38204-search-for-a-matching-stem-cell-donor