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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Mississippi 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?

$661

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$204$141 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$135 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,479Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $129 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $457professional $204

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
$323.59
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XS · Separate structure
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 30th of 51

$661

$204 physician + $457 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.