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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Nebraska 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?

$1,347

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,347 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$324$245 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$174 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $117 to $6,026Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,096
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $324

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$1,347

$324 physician + $1,023 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.