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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Minnesota 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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$3,715$1,096 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$64.57 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $65 to $25,704Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $65 to $4,677
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $4,677professional $3,715

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$50,118.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$85,113.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$3,715

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.