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Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant

Arizona rates for HCPCS J7330

Autologous cultured chondrocytes, implant

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant cost?

$74,131

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74,131 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74,131 from a physician practice, and about $38,905 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$74,131$66,069 to $75,858
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38,905$0.04 to $123,027

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38,905 · 10th to 90th $0 to $134,896Professionalmedian $74,131 · 10th to 90th $66,069 to $77,625
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $38,905professional $74,131

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
$89,125.09
Median
$100,000.00
Typical High
$128,824.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$74,131.02
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.06
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97,723.72
Median
$134,896.29
Typical High
$144,543.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77,624.71
Median
$77,624.71
Typical High
$77,624.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28,840.32
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66,069.34
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$66,069.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$75,857.76
4 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
$37,153.52
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Arizona· 41st of 51

$74,131

AK $123,027NE $36,308

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.