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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 October 2026.

How much does Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$178 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$257 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,631Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $135 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $229

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
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
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$234

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.