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Structural Bone Block Harvested For Spinal Fusion

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 20938

Covers taking a solid block of the patient's own bone through a separate incision, usually from the hip, and shaping it to sit between the vertebrae as a load-bearing support while the spine fuses. A solid block holds the space open, which loose chips cannot do. It is billed in addition to the spinal operation itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Structural Bone Block Harvested For Spinal Fusion cost?

$2,484

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,484 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$214 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,148 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,762Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $158 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $245

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 26.3 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$2,484

$245 physician + $2,239 facility

AL $15,010MT $570

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.