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Collection of T cells for CAR-T therapy, per day

CPT 38225the billing code this page is about

Blood is drawn and T lymphocytes are separated out to be engineered into CAR-T cells; this code is billed for each day of collection.

Hospitals typically charge $3,378 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 296 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,226. Most fall between $803 and $5,797 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
296
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2025 – 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 296 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$1,441$3,378$4,579$9,419

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($398 vs $9,419).

How the prices are spread

$398 – $595: 37 hospitals$398$595 – $892: 9 hospitals$892 – $1,335: 10 hospitals$892$1,335 – $1,999: 17 hospitals$1,999 – $2,993: 24 hospitals$1,999$2,993 – $4,482: 109 hospitals$4,482 – $6,712: 24 hospitals$4,482$6,712 – $10,050: 27 hospitals$10,050 – $15,049: 5 hospitals$10,050$15,049 – $22,534: 9 hospitals$15,049median $3,378price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (271 of 296 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$398$59537
$595$8929
$892$1,33510
$1,335$1,99917
$1,999$2,99324
$2,993$4,482109
$4,482$6,71224
$6,712$10,05027
$10,050$15,0495
$15,049$22,5349

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,378.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $3,939 across 15 hospitalsIL$3,939Wisconsin: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $803 across 15 hospitalsIN$803Ohio: median $3,548 across 18 hospitalsOH$3,548Pennsylvania: median $503 across 20 hospitalsPA$503New Jersey: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $398 across 27 hospitalsCA$398Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $3,378 across 15 hospitalsNC$3,378South Carolina: median $3,895 across 10 hospitalsSC$3,895Oklahoma: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceOKLouisiana: 2 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: median $9,419 across 12 hospitalsGA$9,419Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,685 across 34 hospitalsTX$3,685Florida: median $3,528 across 22 hospitalsFL$3,528
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,378. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA12$9,419+179%$9,419 – $22,534
Illinois IL15$3,939+17%$2,398 – $3,973
South Carolina SC10$3,895+15%$1,489 – $3,895
Texas TX34$3,685+9%$3,685 – $5,500
Ohio OH18$3,548+5%$555 – $3,928
Florida FL22$3,528+4%$3,268 – $9,372
North Carolina NC15$3,3780%$2,481 – $3,378
Indiana IN15$803−76%$643 – $1,010
Pennsylvania PA20$503−85%$301 – $3,686
California CA27$398−88%$398 – $1,485
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not 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
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $3,378.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care269$3,378$699 – $5,883
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access12fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit31$3,685$2,305 – $15,146
Government36$3,378$2,091 – $7,504
Non-profit226$3,364$581 – $4,899
System affiliation
Part of a system275$3,378$731 – $5,612
Independent21$3,364$1,485 – $5,883

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,627
Median cash price$3,378
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

242 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,378 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,345; most fall between $1,010 and $5,612.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 242 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$1,591$3,378$4,579$9,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($398 vs $9,372).

Of the 263 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 242 gave a usable cash price; 4 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

296 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 351 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted296
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here12
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code351

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 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 Other therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC T Cell Collection.

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, “Collection of T cells for CAR-T therapy, per day (CPT 38225) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38225-collection-of-t-cells-for-car-t-therapy-per-day