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Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion

Alabama rates for HCPCS 20930

This adds donor bone material, broken into small pieces, to help promote bone growth during a spinal fusion. It is billed in addition to the main procedure, since it supports the primary surgery rather than standing alone. Using donor bone avoids the need to take a second graft from the patient's own body.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $14,791 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$120 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,791$525 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $166 to $15,136Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $98 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $14,791professional $145

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
$186.21
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
5 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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$186

AK $468DE $117

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.