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Regenerative therapy

Manage the joint. Skip the operating room.

Your own platelets, bone marrow or fat, taken from you, concentrated, and delivered back into the joint to guide it toward repairing itself, instead of replacing what's worn out.

What this treats

The option before “you need surgery.”

Cartilage and joint tissue don't heal well on their own once they're worn past a point. These are the cases where regenerative therapy is usually the conversation, before or instead of the operating room.

How it works

One session, physician-supervised.

Every course starts at the free first visit. A physician examines the joint, reviews your bloodwork, and tells you honestly whether regenerative therapy is appropriate before anything is scheduled.

Injection

Delivered directly into the affected joint. Most people are in and out within the hour, and back to normal activity the same day.

Harvest and concentrate

For the bone marrow and fat-derived courses, the material is taken from you the same day and concentrated before it goes back in. Nothing from a donor and nothing off a shelf.

Full protocol

A planned course across several sessions for more advanced cases, priced and written down in full before it starts.

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Every price

Five ranges. Nothing else on this site is priced in bands.

Dose is set by your weight and by what is being treated, so the figure moves inside a band. It's written down in full before you book and does not move again.

  • $650–1,200A single joint injectionPRP joint injection. A concentration of your own platelets and growth factors, delivered straight into the joint. Per joint, per session.
  • $4,000–8,000Bone marrow, one jointBone marrow aspirate concentrate, drawn from you the same day. For advanced joint wear and spine-related cases. Per site.
  • $9,000–12,000Fat-derived, one jointBiologic material from your own fat tissue, processed mechanically with no enzymes. For the larger joints.
  • $15,000–22,000Fat-derived, a whole joint packageThe same fat-derived therapy, planned across several joints instead of one.
  • $18,000–30,000The full joint restoration bundleFat-derived therapy, PRP boosters, imaging and diagnostics, and a guided rehab protocol. Planned and priced in writing before it starts.

Before you book

What people ask about this one specifically.

Why is regenerative therapy priced in ranges when nothing else is?

Because the dose depends on your weight and on what is being treated, so the figure sits inside a band rather than on one number. You are given your exact price in writing before you book, and a physician has to agree the therapy is appropriate for you before it is scheduled at all.

Will this actually help me avoid surgery?

Sometimes, and a physician will tell you honestly which side of that line you're on. Regenerative therapy works best on joints that are worn or irritated, not on structural damage that genuinely needs to be repaired surgically. That distinction is exactly what the free first visit is for.

Is this covered by insurance?

No. Everything at Giostar is paid directly, which is the reason we can print the prices at all. If a service you need is covered elsewhere, we will tell you so rather than sell you ours.

What happens at the free first visit?

A physician examines the joint or area in question, reviews your bloodwork, and tells you whether regenerative therapy is appropriate. If it is, you leave with a written price for exactly what was discussed. Nothing is charged at that visit.

The knee you were told needs surgery might just need the right medicine.

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