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Removal Of A Long-Term Implanted Drug Device

Michigan rates for HCPCS 11982

This procedure removes a small drug-delivery device that was previously implanted under the skin, usually in the upper arm, to release medication gradually over an extended period. It does not include placing a new one. It's a minor outpatient procedure done once the device has reached the end of its use or is no longer needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Long-Term Implanted Drug Device cost?

$926

Typical total for the visit. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $926 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$97.72 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$195 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $132 to $4,898Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $83 to $257
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $794professional $132

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
$131.83
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$354.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 19.4 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Michigan· 33rd of 50

$926

$132 physician + $794 facility

DE $5,124MD $264

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.