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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Nebraska 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?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,862$1,318 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,020 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $65 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,623professional $1,862

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$2,630

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.