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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 October 2026.

How much does Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint cost?

$619

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $619 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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$295$234 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$195 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $145 to $1,023Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $170 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $295

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$524.81

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 34th of 51

$619

$295 physician + $324 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.