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Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J7330

Autologous cultured chondrocytes, implant

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant cost?

$69,183

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69,183 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48,978 from a physician practice, and about $87,096 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 8 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$48,978$31,623 to $70,795
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87,096$79,433 to $117,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87,096 · 10th to 90th $70,795 to $169,824Professionalmedian $48,978 · 10th to 90th $31,623 to $70,795
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $87,096professional $48,978

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
$57,543.99
Median
$112,201.85
Typical High
$165,958.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66,069.34
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$70,794.58
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$165,958.69
Typical High
$190,546.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$70,794.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79,432.82
Median
$79,432.82
Typical High
$158,489.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91,201.08
Median
$147,910.84
Typical High
$309,029.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$77,624.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31,622.78
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$63,095.73
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$165,958.69
Typical High
$190,546.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57,543.99
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$70,794.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69,183.10
Median
$181,970.09
Typical High
$181,970.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31,622.78
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$70,794.58

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$69,183

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.