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Injection Of A Donor Cell Product Into A Disc

California rates for HCPCS 0629T

Injects a preparation made from donated human cells or tissue into a worn or damaged disc in the lower back, with imaging used to steer the needle to the right level of the spine. It is done through the skin with a needle rather than by open surgery, and it covers treatment of one disc level.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Injection Of A Donor Cell Product Into A Disc cost?

$5,623

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 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 9 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$269$240 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$5,012 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,982Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $269

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
$1,737.80
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$17,782.79
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
$69,183.10
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$69,183.10
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44

Where California sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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

$5,623

CA $5,623KY $214

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.