Harvesting a Tendon Graft From Another Site

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 20924

Takes a spare tendon from elsewhere in the body — commonly a wrist tendon or one of the toe tendons — to use as graft material replacing or bridging a damaged tendon somewhere else. Harvesting the graft is the work covered here; the repair it is used for is separate. The tendons chosen are ones the body can manage without.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Harvesting a Tendon Graft From Another Site cost?

$6,513

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,513 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

12% physician fee88% facility fee

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 55 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$759	$575 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$5,754	$2,754 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $813 to $15,849Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,738

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $870.96 Median $4,677.35 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$870.96	$4,677.35	$12,022.64
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,311.31 Median $8,511.38 Typical High $20,892.96	Facility	Global	$3,311.31	$8,511.38	$20,892.96
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $812.83 Median $1,737.80 Typical High $5,011.87	Facility	Global	$812.83	$1,737.80	$5,011.87
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier AS · PA/NP assist Typical Low $81.28 Median $81.28 Typical High $81.28	Facility	AS · PA/NP assist	$81.28	$81.28	$81.28
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,862.09 Median $5,754.40 Typical High $14,454.40	Facility	Global	$1,862.09	$5,754.40	$14,454.40

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 12.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

WI $14,979MD $1,208

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.