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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Georgia 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?

$710

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$170 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$129 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $85 to $3,802Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $145 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $209

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
$147.91
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 27th of 51

$710

$209 physician + $501 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.