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Procedure price report · Bone marrow transplant

Removing tumor cells from collected stem cells

CPT 38211the billing code this page is about

Laboratory step that clears cancer cells out of harvested blood-forming stem cells before they are transplanted.

Hospitals typically charge $1,273 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 212 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,496. Most fall between $451 and $5,339 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
212
States
31
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 212 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
$139$484$1,273$2,475$14,087

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 101× what the cheapest tenth charges ($139 vs $14,087).

How the prices are spread

$95 – $159: 16 hospitals$95$159 – $267: 7 hospitals$267 – $449: 9 hospitals$267$449 – $755: 43 hospitals$755 – $1,270: 20 hospitals$755$1,270 – $2,135: 34 hospitals$2,135 – $3,590: 20 hospitals$2,135$3,590 – $6,036: 20 hospitals$6,036 – $10,149: 7 hospitals$6,036$10,149 – $17,064: 17 hospitals$10,149median $1,273price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (193 of 212 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$95$15916
$159$2677
$267$4499
$449$75543
$755$1,27020
$1,270$2,13534
$2,135$3,59020
$3,590$6,03620
$6,036$10,1497
$10,149$17,06417

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$451
Median cash price$1,273
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.8×

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 $1,273.

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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $517 across 30 hospitalsNY$517Massachusetts: 1 hospital 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $438 across 12 hospitalsOH$438Pennsylvania: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $2,318 across 24 hospitalsNJ$2,318Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,475 across 38 hospitalsCA$2,475Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $17,064 across 14 hospitalsNC$17,064South Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $95 across 12 hospitalsOK$95Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $1,464 across 14 hospitalsFL$1,464
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,273. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
North Carolina NC14$17,064+1241%$659 – $17,064
California CA38$2,475+94%$1,316 – $2,475
New Jersey NJ24$2,318+82%$484 – $5,419
Florida FL14$1,464+15%$1,282 – $1,996
New York NY30$517−59%$517 – $1,951
Ohio OH12$438−66%$438 – $14,087
Oklahoma OK12$95−93%$95 – $95
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA1not 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 $1,273.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care201$1,289$471 – $5,110
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access2fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit17fewer than 20 hospitals
Government34$1,387$517 – $17,064
Non-profit158$1,316$458 – $4,350
System affiliation
Part of a system183$1,316$484 – $5,475
Independent29$499$208 – $1,100

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,530
Median cash price$1,273
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

140 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,316 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,826; most fall between $348 and $5,924.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 140 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
$95$438$1,316$2,475$14,289

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 151× what the cheapest tenth charges ($95 vs $14,289).

Of the 157 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 140 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

212 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 229 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted212
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here15
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 — excluded1
Hospitals that filed this code229

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 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 Bone marrow transplant family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Trans Prep Cells,Tumor Cell Deplete.

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, “Removing tumor cells from collected stem cells (CPT 38211) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38211-removing-tumor-cells-from-collected-stem-cells