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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Maine 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?

$692

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$191$170 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$182 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $182 to $708Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $145 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19

Where Maine 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

Maine· 29th of 51

$692

$191 physician + $501 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.