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Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J7330

Autologous cultured chondrocytes, implant

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Autologous Cultured Chondrocytes Implant cost?

$44,668

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44,668 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34,674 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 6 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$34,674$33,113 to $67,608
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83,176$81,283 to $97,724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83,176 · 10th to 90th $57,544 to $123,027Professionalmedian $34,674 · 10th to 90th $33,113 to $83,176
$50K$100Kfacility $83,176professional $34,674

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
$83,176.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67,608.30
Median
$67,608.30
Typical High
$83,176.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$57,543.99
Typical High
$95,499.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53,703.18
Median
$93,325.43
Typical High
$107,151.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,113.11
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$41,686.94
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81,283.05
Median
$85,113.80
Typical High
$123,026.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33,113.11
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$44,668.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$107,151.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66,069.34
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$72,443.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$89,125.09

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$44,668

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.