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Cell Injection Into A Shoulder Tendon

Texas 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?

$2,512

Typical physician fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $4,571.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $60 to $10,715
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $1,905

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
$707.95
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$10,964.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 28th of 49

$2,512

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.