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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Missouri 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 4 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$1,862$1,698 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$2,291 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,862

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 50

$2,512

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.