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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Louisiana 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?

$602

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $602 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$166 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$79.43 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $0 to $2,089Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $141 to $263
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $407professional $195

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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$602

$195 physician + $407 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.