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Pin Through Bone For Traction

North Carolina 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?

$547

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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$224$186 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$219 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $170 to $8,318Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $158 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $324professional $224

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
$218.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 49th of 50

$547

$224 physician + $324 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.