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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint cost?

$513

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $1,096.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 81.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Maryland. 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.

Minnesota· 35th of 50

$513

NH $7,413MD $91.20

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.