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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 July 2026.

How much does Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$105 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$617 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $204 to $19,055Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $100 to $224
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $120

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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· 26th of 51

$186

CA $1,660MN $81.28

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.