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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Connecticut 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?

$2,179

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$229$195 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$832 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,166Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $135 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $229

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$2,179

$229 physician + $1,950 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.