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Removal Of Buried Skin-Level Hardware

Montana rates for HCPCS 20670

This procedure removes a small piece of orthopedic hardware, such as a pin, wire, or short rod, that was placed near the surface of the skin during an earlier surgery. It does not involve hardware buried deep in bone or muscle. It is typically done once the bone has healed enough that the hardware is no longer needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Buried Skin-Level Hardware cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $501 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$339$151 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$251 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $245 to $708Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $138 to $631
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $501professional $339

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Hawaii than in Kentucky. 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.

Montana· 38th of 51

$339

HI $1,023KY $302

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.