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Placing A Deep Antibiotic-Releasing Implant

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 20700

Mixes and shapes a medication-releasing material, such as antibiotic beads or a spacer, and places it deep in the wound beneath the tough sheet of tissue that covers the muscle. Putting the medication right at the site delivers a strong dose to an infection where the bloodstream alone would not carry enough. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Deep Antibiotic-Releasing Implant cost?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $7,943.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $135 to $13,490Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $158 to $263
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $195

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 63.1 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 50

$3,548

NJ $5,248ND $83.18

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.