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Fat Harvest And Cell Prep For A Shoulder Tendon

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0717T

Takes a small amount of the patient's own fatty tissue and processes it in the laboratory to concentrate the regenerative cells it holds, ready for treating a partly torn shoulder tendon. It covers the harvesting and the laboratory preparation; delivering the cells into the tendon is a separate step.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fat Harvest And Cell Prep For A Shoulder Tendon cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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 33 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$417$355 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$3,311 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $12,882Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $100 to $5,012
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $417

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
$1,258.93
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,022.64

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 158.5 times more in Alaska than in North Carolina. 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.

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AK $12,023NC $75.86

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.