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Reattachment Of A Severed Arm

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 20802

Emergency microsurgery to reattach an arm that has been completely cut off, at a level between the shoulder and the elbow. The surgeon fixes the bone first, then reconnects arteries and veins under a microscope to restore blood flow, and repairs nerves, muscles, and tendons. It is a long operation followed by months of rehabilitation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reattachment Of A Severed Arm cost?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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$2,818$2,455 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$5,129 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $16,982Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $7,586
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $2,818

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
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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· 40th of 51

$2,951

CA $9,772KY $2,630

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.