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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Kentucky 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?

$3,498

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,498 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$158 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $275 to $8,511Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $135 to $331
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $186

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
$169.82
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 29th of 50

$3,498

$186 physician + $3,311 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.