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Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion

Louisiana 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$148$115 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$646 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,244Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $107 to $251
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $148

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
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$209

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.