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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Kansas 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?

$651

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $651 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$174 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$234 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $91 to $3,631Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $447professional $204

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 31st of 51

$651

$204 physician + $447 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.