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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Alabama 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?

$642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$148 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$468 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,096Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $123 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $174

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$642

$174 physician + $468 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.