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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Indiana 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?

$986

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $986 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$135$135 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$324 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,266Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $115 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $135

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
$134.90
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$758.58
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 16th of 51

$986

$135 physician + $851 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.