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Pin Through Bone For Traction

New York 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?

$5,015

Typical total for the visit. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$186 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,905 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $224 to $10,965Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $158 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $229

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
$204.17
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$512.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$489.78
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$812.83
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$616.60
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78

Where New York 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

New York· 12th of 50

$5,015

$229 physician + $4,786 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.