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Fat Harvest And Cell Prep For Knee Arthritis

South 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $8,710 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$447$427 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,710$525 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $427 to $21,878Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $363 to $692
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $447

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
$426.58
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
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
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$468

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.