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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Montana 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?

$251

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $257.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $195 to $288
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $251

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 43rd of 50

$251

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.