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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Missouri 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?

$1,611

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,611 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$166$151 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$407 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $129 to $5,623Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $132 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $166

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
$851.14
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 8th of 51

$1,611

$166 physician + $1,445 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.