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Removing A Deep Antibiotic-Releasing Implant

Georgia rates for HCPCS 20701

Takes out a medication-releasing material, such as antibiotic beads or a spacer, that was placed deep in the wound beneath the tough sheet of tissue covering the muscle. It is done once the material has finished releasing its medication or the infection has settled. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$590

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $590 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $89.13 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$89.13$69.18 to $112
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$123 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $81 to $3,802Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $56 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $89

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
$64.57
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 17.9 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

Georgia· 28th of 51

$590

$89.13 physician + $501 facility

UT $3,016FL $168

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.