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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Tennessee 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 5 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$64.57$64.57 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,905 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,471Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $65 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $3,467professional $65

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
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53,703.18
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$53,703.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 28th of 50

$2,399

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.