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Fat Harvest And Cell Prep For A Shoulder Tendon

California 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?

$7,413

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,677 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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$4,677$2,692 to $10,965
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$5,012 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $15,849Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $372 to $15,136
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $4,677

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
$3,090.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where California sits

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.

California· 8th of 49

$7,413

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.