Bone graft harvested for spine surgery at St Luke's Methodist Hospital

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

AUTOGRAFT SPINE SURGERY BICORT/TRICORT SEP INCISION

Cedar Rapids, IA

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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $352 is 86% below the median hospital's median price ($2.6k), higher than 29% of the 1,265 hospitals reporting CPT 20938. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 20938 at St Luke's Methodist Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$157	$157	—	—	—	$157 – $157
2	Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$160	$160	—	—	—	$160 – $160
3	Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$160	$160	—	—	—	$160 – $160
4	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$165	$165	—	—	—	$165 – $165
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$165	$165	—	—	—	$165 – $165
6	Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both	$352	$352	—	—	—	$352 – $352
7	Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both	$352	$352	—	—	—	$352 – $352
8	Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both	$415	$415	—	—	—	$415 – $415
9	Cigna commercial fee schedule · both	$419	$419	—	—	—	$419 – $419
10	Aetna hmo fee schedule · both	$421	$421	—	—	—	$421 – $421
11	Aetna ppo fee schedule · both	$512	$512	—	—	—	$512 – $512
12	UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both	$552	$552	—	—	—	$552 – $552
13	UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both	$552	$552	—	—	—	$552 – $552

Last updated: Jan 28, 2026

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