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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Colorado rates for HCPCS 0737T

Implants a scaffold made from processed animal tissue into a damaged patch of the smooth cartilage that lines a joint. The scaffold fills the defect and gives the body's own cells a structure to grow into as a working joint surface rebuilds over it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface cost?

$6,457

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $14,791 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$1,698$64.57 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,791$5,495 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $35,481Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $65 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $14,791professional $1,698

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 239.9 times more in Wisconsin than in South Dakota. 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.

Colorado· 4th of 50

$6,457

WI $15,488SD $64.57

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.