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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Massachusetts 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?

$465

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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$251$186 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$155 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,818Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $141 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $251

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$630.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
1 more rate 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 Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 43rd of 51

$465

$251 physician + $214 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.