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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Montana 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?

$573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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$257$204 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$288 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $251 to $437Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $155 to $417
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $316professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$573

$257 physician + $316 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.