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Bone Chips Harvested For Spinal Fusion

Montana rates for HCPCS 20937

Covers taking small chips of the patient's own bone through a separate incision, usually from the hip, and packing them into the spine to help the vertebrae knit together. Using the patient's own living bone gives the fusion the best chance of healing solidly. It is billed in addition to the spinal operation itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bone Chips Harvested For Spinal Fusion cost?

$520

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $520 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$174 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$251 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,549Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $141 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $263

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 28.8 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 51st of 51

$520

$263 physician + $257 facility

AL $14,991MT $520

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.