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Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion

Connecticut 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 6 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 $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,622 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $479 to $27,542Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $107 to $282
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$34,673.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
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
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 25th of 51

$158

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.