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Cell Injection Into A Shoulder Tendon

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 0718T

Injects the cell preparation made from the patient's own fatty tissue into a partly torn shoulder tendon, with ultrasound used to watch the needle reach the damaged part of the tendon. It is done with a needle rather than as an operation to stitch the tendon.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cell Injection Into A Shoulder Tendon cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$45.71$43.65 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$851 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,913Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $39 to $60
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,802professional $46

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
$398.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$56,234.13
Typical High
$83,176.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66,069.34
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$104,712.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 166.0 times more in South Carolina 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 49

$46.77

SC $7,762KY $46.77

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.