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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Idaho 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?

$571

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$229 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$174 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,413Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $191 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $295professional $275

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 37th of 51

$571

$275 physician + $295 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.