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Placing A Deep Antibiotic-Releasing Implant

Texas 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 October 2026.

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

$1,521

Typical total for the visit. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $75.86 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$75.86$58.88 to $97.72
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$389 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $138 to $4,467Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $11 to $603
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $76

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 16.0 times more in Utah than in Florida. 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

Texas· 7th of 51

$1,521

$75.86 physician + $1,445 facility

UT $3,016FL $188

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.