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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

New Jersey 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?

$1,850

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,850 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$151$129 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$776 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,457Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $107 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $151

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 5th of 51

$1,850

$151 physician + $1,698 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.