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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Minnesota 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?

$1,434

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$457$316 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$603 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $234 to $10,965Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $214 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $977professional $457

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
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 39th of 50

$1,434

$457 physician + $977 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.