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Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant

Alabama rates for HCPCS J7330

Autologous cultured chondrocytes, implant

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant cost?

$70,795

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70,795 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70,795 from a physician practice, and about $70,795 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 3 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$70,795$69,183 to $70,795
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70,795$70,795 to $83,176

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $70,795 · 10th to 90th $70,795 to $102,329Professionalmedian $70,795 · 10th to 90th $69,183 to $100,000
$100Kfacility $70,795professional $70,795

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$70,794.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69,183.10
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$100,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$125,892.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$70,794.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$83,176.38
Typical High
$102,329.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69,183.10
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$69,183.10

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 15th of 51

$70,795

CO $114,815KY $38,019

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.