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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 July 2026.

How much does Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint cost?

$288

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $324.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,012Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $240 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $288professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 81.3 times more in New Hampshire than in Maryland. 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.

Oregon· 40th of 50

$288

NH $7,413MD $91.20

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.