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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Kentucky 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?

$299

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $170 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$129$115 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$170$126 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,862Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $100 to $240
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $170professional $129

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
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$299

$129 physician + $170 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.