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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Nebraska 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?

$7,242

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,242 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$209 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,365 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $263 to $14,454Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $151 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $324

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 50

$7,242

$324 physician + $6,918 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.