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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Arizona 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?

$3,840

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,840 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$162 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,089 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $245 to $7,762Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $141 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $209

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 24th of 50

$3,840

$209 physician + $3,631 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.