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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Connecticut 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?

$7,648

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,648 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$234$178 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$5,248 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $11,749Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $141 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $234

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
$3,981.07
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$524.81

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 2nd of 50

$7,648

$234 physician + $7,413 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.