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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

New Jersey 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?

$5,012

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 3 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$5,012$4,266 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$5,370 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $12,303Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $65 to $7,079
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $5,012

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$60,255.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 9th of 50

$5,012

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.