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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Michigan 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?

$732

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $732 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$195$158 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$457 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,738Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $123 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $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
$190.55
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 24th of 51

$732

$195 physician + $537 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.