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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 October 2026.

How much does Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint cost?

$474

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $474 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $240 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$234$174 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$240$219 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $219 to $288Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $138 to $263
$100$200$500facility $240professional $234

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42

Where Montana 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

Montana· 42nd of 51

$474

$234 physician + $240 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.