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Preparing Fat-Derived Cells For Hand Treatment

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0489T

Fat tissue is taken from the patient, usually through a small liposuction, and processed in the laboratory to separate out the cells that will be used for treatment. The tissue is broken down, non-viable cells and debris are removed, and the remaining cells are counted and prepared at the right concentration. This service covers the harvesting and preparation only; injecting the cells is done separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preparing Fat-Derived Cells For Hand Treatment cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $933 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$155 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$525 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,020Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $105 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $166

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 38.0 times more in California than in South Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 43rd of 51

$191

CA $6,026SD $158

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.