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Pin Through Bone For Traction

South 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?

$3,515

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,515 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$204$162 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$257 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $186 to $20,417Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $141 to $288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $204

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
$186.21
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74

Where South 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

South Carolina· 28th of 50

$3,515

$204 physician + $3,311 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.