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Procedure price report · Bone marrow transplant

Removing red blood cells from collected stem cells

CPT 38212the billing code this page is about

Laboratory step that takes red blood cells out of a harvested blood-forming stem cell collection before transplant.

Hospitals typically charge $1,361 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 353 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,588. Most fall between $594 and $3,002 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
353
States
43
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 353 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
$469$732$1,361$2,672$4,881

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($469 vs $4,881).

How the prices are spread

$217 – $303: 4 hospitals$217$303 – $422: 10 hospitals$422 – $589: 39 hospitals$422$589 – $821: 26 hospitals$821 – $1,144: 33 hospitals$821$1,144 – $1,595: 57 hospitals$1,595 – $2,224: 48 hospitals$1,595$2,224 – $3,101: 53 hospitals$3,101 – $4,323: 23 hospitals$3,101$4,323 – $6,027: 29 hospitals$4,323median $1,361price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (322 of 353 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$217$3034
$303$42210
$422$58939
$589$82126
$821$1,14433
$1,144$1,59557
$1,595$2,22448
$2,224$3,10153
$3,101$4,32323
$4,323$6,02729

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$451
Median cash price$1,361
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.0×

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 $1,361.

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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $524 across 29 hospitalsNY$524Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital 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: median $1,499 across 15 hospitalsIN$1,499Ohio: median $1,674 across 18 hospitalsOH$1,674Pennsylvania: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $2,318 across 24 hospitalsNJ$2,318Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,475 across 44 hospitalsCA$2,475Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,691 across 11 hospitalsAZ$2,691New Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 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 $4,045 across 19 hospitalsNC$4,045South Carolina: median $1,194 across 16 hospitalsSC$1,194Oklahoma: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,905 across 21 hospitalsGA$2,905Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,803 across 25 hospitalsTX$1,803Florida: median $1,780 across 25 hospitalsFL$1,780
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,361. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
North Carolina NC19$4,045+197%$594 – $4,045
Georgia GA21$2,905+113%$867 – $6,027
Arizona AZ11$2,691+98%$1,940 – $2,691
California CA44$2,475+82%$1,316 – $2,475
New Jersey NJ24$2,318+70%$484 – $5,419
Texas TX25$1,803+32%$1,803 – $7,827
Florida FL25$1,780+31%$682 – $3,098
Ohio OH18$1,674+23%$1,137 – $2,672
Indiana IN15$1,499+10%$1,275 – $1,988
South Carolina SC16$1,194−12%$1,194 – $1,289
New York NY29$524−62%$517 – $1,951
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $1,361.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care311$1,316$551 – $2,905
Children’s25$2,672$1,280 – $7,807
Critical access13fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit36$1,780$656 – $2,691
Government46$867$517 – $4,045
Non-profit267$1,361$679 – $2,905
System affiliation
Part of a system318$1,363$656 – $2,905
Independent35$969$439 – $4,846

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,575
Median cash price$1,361
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

245 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,780 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,779; most fall between $867 and $2,905.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 245 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
$484$1,035$1,780$2,691$4,511

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($484 vs $4,511).

Of the 294 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 245 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

353 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 401 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted353
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
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 — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code401

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 Trnspl Prepj Hematop Progen Red Bld Cell Rmvl.

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 red blood cells from collected stem cells (CPT 38212) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38212-removing-red-blood-cells-from-collected-stem-cells