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Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion

Iowa 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 7 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$224$123 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,023 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $182 to $7,943Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $105 to $550
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,512professional $224

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
$812.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in California than in Minnesota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $240 · 10th of 51
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.