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Procedure price report · Bone marrow transplant

Concentrating stem cells before transplant

CPT 38215the billing code this page is about

Laboratory processing that concentrates collected blood-forming stem cells in plasma or another solution to ready them for transplant; covers the preparation step only.

Hospitals typically charge $1,316 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 339 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,404. Most fall between $517 and $2,950 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
339
States
44
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 339 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
$422$636$1,316$2,475$4,809

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($422 vs $4,809).

How the prices are spread

$323 – $441: 23 hospitals$323$441 – $601: 40 hospitals$601 – $820: 17 hospitals$601$820 – $1,119: 24 hospitals$1,119 – $1,527: 94 hospitals$1,119$1,527 – $2,083: 23 hospitals$2,083 – $2,842: 29 hospitals$2,083$2,842 – $3,877: 23 hospitals$3,877 – $5,290: 21 hospitals$3,877$5,290 – $7,217: 13 hospitals$5,290median $1,316price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (307 of 339 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$323$44123
$441$60140
$601$82017
$820$1,11924
$1,119$1,52794
$1,527$2,08323
$2,083$2,84229
$2,842$3,87723
$3,877$5,29021
$5,290$7,21713

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$451
Median cash price$1,316
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.9×

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 $1,316.

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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $524 across 27 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 $1,492 across 15 hospitalsIN$1,492Ohio: median $1,355 across 25 hospitalsOH$1,355Pennsylvania: 4 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 45 hospitalsCA$2,475Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $3,749 across 17 hospitalsNC$3,749South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 8 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 $1,288 across 16 hospitalsGA$1,288Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,430 across 38 hospitalsTX$1,430Florida: median $1,464 across 29 hospitalsFL$1,464
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,316. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
North Carolina NC17$3,749+185%$625 – $3,749
California CA45$2,475+88%$1,210 – $2,475
New Jersey NJ24$2,318+76%$484 – $5,419
Indiana IN15$1,492+13%$1,211 – $1,979
Florida FL29$1,464+11%$341 – $2,950
Texas TX38$1,430+9%$1,195 – $5,099
Ohio OH25$1,355+3%$966 – $2,591
Georgia GA16$1,288−2%$1,288 – $4,620
New York NY27$524−60%$517 – $1,951
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not 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
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not 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
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 $1,316.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care294$1,288$517 – $2,591
Children’s23$5,936$1,967 – $10,322
Critical access18fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit33$1,288$462 – $1,464
Government44$1,288$517 – $3,749
Non-profit258$1,316$552 – $2,908
System affiliation
Part of a system306$1,316$551 – $2,950
Independent33$937$439 – $3,601

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,383
Median cash price$1,316
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

230 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,402 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,596; most fall between $897 and $2,908.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 230 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
$398$1,082$1,402$2,475$4,620

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($398 vs $4,620).

Of the 273 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 230 gave a usable cash price; 38 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

339 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 384 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted339
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
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 — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code384

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 HC Buffy Coat Prep Hpc.

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, “Concentrating stem cells before transplant (CPT 38215) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38215-concentrating-stem-cells-before-transplant