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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Iowa 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?

$1,024

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,024 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$316$257 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$269 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,548Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $166 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $316

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$407.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$1,024

$316 physician + $708 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.