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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Illinois 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 October 2026.

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

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,202$1,047 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$2,754 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $18,621Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,202

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$154.88

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Illinois· 36th of 51

$1,259

OK $5,012NC $100

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.