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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

South Carolina 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?

$846

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $846 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$170$155 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$155 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $95 to $3,548Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $132 to $282
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $676professional $170

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
$165.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 20th of 51

$846

$170 physician + $676 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.