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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Maryland 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?

$209

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $166 to $240.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,239Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $145 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $209

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$524.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$209

HI $2,239DE $191

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.