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Harvesting a Tendon Graft From Another Site

Ohio 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 October 2026.

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

$4,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$316 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,318 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,715Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $79 to $676
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $437

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
$1,905.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 7.5 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

Ohio· 28th of 51

$4,067

$437 physician + $3,631 facility

CO $12,189MT $1,626

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.