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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20704

Covers hand-mixing and shaping an implant that releases medication, commonly antibiotic-loaded cement formed into beads or a spacer, and placing it inside a joint during an operation so the drug is delivered straight to the tissue that needs it. The implant is temporary and is removed or exchanged at a later operation. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint cost?

$1,650

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,650 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$398 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$724 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $263 to $12,023Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $200 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $603

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.0 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

Alaska· 7th of 51

$1,650

$603 physician + $1,047 facility

UT $3,137FL $261

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.