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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Oregon 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?

$564

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $564 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$214 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$245 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,072Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $195 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $282

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 38th of 51

$564

$282 physician + $282 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.