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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

North Carolina 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?

$497

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $497 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $234 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$186 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$234$123 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,862Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $148 to $447
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $234professional $263

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
$147.91
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
5 more rates 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$497

$263 physician + $234 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.