CPT code 38227: CAR-T preparation, before administration2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Dakota

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 38227 in South Dakota.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 38227 covers

Code 38227 identifies receipt and preparation of a CAR-T cell product for administration. This is the product-handling stage after cell collection and preparation for transport, and before administration. It differs from harvesting blood-derived T lymphocytes (38225), preparing T lymphocytes for transport (38226), and administering autologous immune effector cellular therapy (38228). The work is associated with cellular therapy treatment, where the product is received and readied for treatment.

Medicare assigns this code physician fee schedule status B. The code is bundled: Medicare never pays it separately, and its payment is included in payment for other services. It represents a receipt-and-preparation service, not a medication quantity measured by dose. Its role is product preparation before administration.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How South Dakota compares for 38227

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38227 rates by state

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How the 38227 rate is calculated

Each of 38227’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 38227

38227 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to 38227

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 38227 has changed in South Dakota

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Where the South Dakota rate applies

South Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in South Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Agar
• Agency Village
• Akaska
• Albee
• Alcester
• Alexandria
• Allen

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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