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Pin Through Bone For Traction

West Virginia 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?

$404

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$155 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$155 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,738Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $145 to $251
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $214professional $191

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
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$404

$191 physician + $214 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.