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Replacement of Under-the-Skin Drug Implant

Michigan rates for HCPCS 11983

This procedure removes an existing medication implant from just beneath the skin and replaces it with a new one during the same visit. These small rod-like implants release medication steadily over time, and a common example is a hormonal birth control implant placed in the upper arm. The old device is taken out through a small incision and a fresh one is inserted in its place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacement of Under-the-Skin Drug Implant cost?

$606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$170$132 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$200 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,259Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $110 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $170

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in Connecticut 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 51

$606

$170 physician + $437 facility

CT $2,992MD $261

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.