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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Colorado 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?

$6,112

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$170 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,862 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $229 to $12,882Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $158 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $224

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
$239.88
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 10th of 50

$6,112

$224 physician + $5,888 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.