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Fat Harvest And Cell Prep For Knee Arthritis

California rates for HCPCS 0565T

Takes a small amount of the patient's own fatty tissue and processes it to produce a cell preparation intended to treat a worn, arthritic knee. This covers the harvesting and the laboratory work to make the preparation; putting it into the joint is done separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fat Harvest And Cell Prep For Knee Arthritis cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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 8 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$562$457 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$5,012 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $15,849Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,631
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $562

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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where California sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

California· 1st of 51

$5,888

CA $5,888MN $355

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.