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Fat Harvest And Cell Prep For Knee Arthritis

North Carolina 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 6 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$525$447 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$447 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,318Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $525

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
$446.68
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$562

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.