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Pin Through Bone For Traction

Tennessee 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?

$3,686

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$178 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,089 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,128Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $151 to $417
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $219

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
$457.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 50

$3,686

$219 physician + $3,467 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.