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Harvesting a Large Bone Graft

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 20902

Takes a sizeable block or strip of bone from one part of the body so it can be used to rebuild, fill or fuse bone somewhere else. The donor area is opened, the piece of bone is cut free, and the site is closed. It accompanies a reconstruction that needs the patient's own bone rather than a substitute.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Harvesting a Large Bone Graft cost?

$2,546

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,546 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$324 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$479 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $309 to $6,918Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $457

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
$1,047.13
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,011.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
7 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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 13.6 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Massachusetts· 42nd of 51

$2,546

$457 physician + $2,089 facility

CO $11,880MT $873

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.