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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Florida 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?

$261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $129 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$117 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$129$61.66 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $37 to $3,890Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $107 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $129professional $132

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
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$2,089.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49

Where Florida 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

Florida· 51st of 51

$261

$132 physician + $129 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.