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Pin Through Bone For Traction

South Dakota 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?

$663

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $663 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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$316$200 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$269 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,548Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $155 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $316

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
$158.49
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 45th of 50

$663

$316 physician + $347 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.