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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Oklahoma 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?

$1,049

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$178$155 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$162 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $89 to $4,365Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $132 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $178

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
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 14th of 51

$1,049

$178 physician + $871 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.