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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Texas 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$955 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,138 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,511
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $1,479

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
$977.24
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$12,302.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 8th of 51

$2,570

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.