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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Alabama rates for HCPCS 20650

A pin or wire is passed through a bone so that weights can pull steadily on the limb, holding a broken or dislocated bone in a reasonable position until definitive treatment. It is placed through the skin under numbing medicine or anesthesia, and its later removal is included. Traction is usually a temporary measure while awaiting surgery or early healing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pin Through Bone For Traction cost?

$3,366

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$158 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,259 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,012Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $132 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $204

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 23.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 30th of 50

$3,366

$204 physician + $3,162 facility

IN $9,541WV $404

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.