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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Massachusetts 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?

$2,490

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,490 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$195 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$209 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,623Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $162 to $631
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,188professional $302

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
$194.98
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 50

$2,490

$302 physician + $2,188 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.