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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,175$1,072 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$437 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $0 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,698
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,175

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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 51.3 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$1,259

OK $5,129NC $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.