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Rib Cartilage Graft Harvesting

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20910

This procedure removes a small piece of cartilage from a rib to use as graft material somewhere else in the body. It's a supporting step in a larger reconstructive surgery, such as rebuilding an ear, nose, or joint, where the surgeon needs a piece of the patient's own cartilage to shape and implant. The donor site on the chest is closed after the cartilage is removed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rib Cartilage Graft Harvesting cost?

$2,230

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$437 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$589 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $447 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,512
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $1,318

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 35th of 49

$2,230

$1,318 physician + $912 facility

CA $9,024MD $1,003

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.