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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Arizona 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?

$420

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $420 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$132 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$129 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $47 to $2,692Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,096
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $138

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 46th of 51

$420

$138 physician + $282 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.