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Donor Bone Graft For Spinal Fusion

North Carolina 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$251$151 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$120 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,622Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $115 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $269professional $251

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
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
6 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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$251

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.