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Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant

Louisiana rates for HCPCS J7330

Autologous cultured chondrocytes, implant

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant cost?

$83,176

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83,176 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83,176 from a physician practice, and about $83,176 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 4 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$83,176$83,176 to $83,176
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83,176$75,858 to $83,176

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83,176 · 10th to 90th $75,858 to $117,490Professionalmedian $83,176 · 10th to 90th $69,183 to $83,176
$100Kfacility $83,176professional $83,176

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83,176.38
Median
$83,176.38
Typical High
$117,489.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83,176.38
Median
$83,176.38
Typical High
$83,176.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$75,857.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$75,857.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$85,113.80
Typical High
$141,253.75
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
$72,443.60

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 3rd of 51

$83,176

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.