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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Colorado 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?

$1,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$204$170 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$363 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,981Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $148 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $204

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
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 12th of 51

$1,159

$204 physician + $955 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.