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Procedure price report · Bone marrow transplant

Collecting a patient's own blood stem cells

CPT 38206the billing code this page is about

Harvesting blood-forming stem cells from the patient's own circulating blood so they can be given back later.

Hospitals typically charge $3,209 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 582 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,286. Most fall between $1,500 and $5,747 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
582
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 582 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
$693$1,792$3,209$5,117$7,864

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($693 vs $7,864).

How the prices are spread

$248 – $360: 11 hospitals$248$360 – $521: 11 hospitals$521 – $755: 18 hospitals$521$755 – $1,093: 17 hospitals$1,093 – $1,584: 41 hospitals$1,093$1,584 – $2,295: 80 hospitals$2,295 – $3,324: 111 hospitals$2,295$3,324 – $4,815: 106 hospitals$4,815 – $6,976: 88 hospitals$4,815$6,976 – $10,105: 41 hospitals$6,976median $3,209price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (524 of 582 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$248$36011
$360$52111
$521$75518
$755$1,09317
$1,093$1,58441
$1,584$2,29580
$2,295$3,324111
$3,324$4,815106
$4,815$6,97688
$6,976$10,10541

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,591
Median cash price$3,209
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.0×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,209.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,436 across 23 hospitalsWA$2,436Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,992 across 13 hospitalsMN$1,992Illinois: median $5,121 across 24 hospitalsIL$5,121Wisconsin: median $6,882 across 15 hospitalsWI$6,882Michigan: median $1,371 across 16 hospitalsMI$1,371New York: median $1,940 across 33 hospitalsNY$1,940Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,177 across 10 hospitalsOR$3,177Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $217 across 18 hospitalsIA$217Indiana: median $803 across 15 hospitalsIN$803Ohio: median $2,505 across 26 hospitalsOH$2,505Pennsylvania: median $2,754 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,754New Jersey: median $3,786 across 25 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,224 across 48 hospitalsCA$3,224Utah: median $7,864 across 12 hospitalsUT$7,864Colorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $3,209 across 20 hospitalsVA$3,209Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $12,584 across 14 hospitalsAZ$12,584New Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $3,914 across 20 hospitalsNC$3,914South Carolina: median $2,976 across 17 hospitalsSC$2,976Oklahoma: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $1,064 across 15 hospitalsLA$1,064Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $8,312 across 23 hospitalsGA$8,312Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,465 across 55 hospitalsTX$4,465Florida: median $3,069 across 32 hospitalsFL$3,069
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,209. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ14$12,584+292%$1,611 – $12,584
Georgia GA23$8,312+159%$4,212 – $13,353
Utah UT12$7,864+145%$7,864 – $7,864
Wisconsin WI15$6,882+114%$3,582 – $7,765
Illinois IL24$5,121+60%$854 – $5,581
Texas TX55$4,465+39%$2,948 – $4,465
North Carolina NC20$3,914+22%$1,518 – $3,914
New Jersey NJ25$3,786+18%$1,814 – $5,339
California CA48$3,2240%$3,027 – $6,474
Virginia VA20$3,2090%$832 – $3,379
Oregon OR10$3,177−1%$2,451 – $3,727
Florida FL32$3,069−4%$1,796 – $9,456
South Carolina SC17$2,976−7%$2,899 – $2,976
Pennsylvania PA20$2,754−14%$1,840 – $5,742
Ohio OH26$2,505−22%$704 – $4,730
Washington WA23$2,436−24%$1,756 – $3,326
Minnesota MN13$1,992−38%$1,189 – $2,111
New York NY33$1,940−40%$338 – $5,129
Michigan MI16$1,371−57%$380 – $2,142
Louisiana LA15$1,064−67%$543 – $1,725
Indiana IN15$803−75%$643 – $1,028
Iowa IA18$217−93%$217 – $743
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $3,209.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care516$3,209$1,564 – $5,612
Children’s36$3,535$1,725 – $8,312
Critical access26$1,152$380 – $4,579
Ownership
For-profit45$4,465$1,518 – $12,584
Government73$2,396$1,450 – $4,212
Non-profit460$3,209$1,545 – $5,747
System affiliation
Part of a system526$3,224$1,591 – $5,900
Independent56$1,919$743 – $5,117

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,676
Median cash price$3,209
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

446 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,298 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,753; most fall between $1,710 and $6,474.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 446 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
$832$1,992$3,298$5,129$7,864

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($832 vs $7,864).

Of the 516 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 446 gave a usable cash price; 54 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

582 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 669 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted582
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here69
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code669

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Bone marrow transplant family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Bld-Drv Hematop Progen Cell Hrvg Trnsplj Autol.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Collecting a patient's own blood stem cells (CPT 38206) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38206-collecting-a-patient-s-own-blood-stem-cells