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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Iowa 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?

$4,238

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,238 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$257$182 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$479 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $295 to $8,318Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $151 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $257

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
$354.81
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 21st of 50

$4,238

$257 physician + $3,981 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.