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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Tennessee 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?

$504

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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$195$158 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$123 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $100 to $2,291Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,349
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $309professional $195

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 40th of 51

$504

$195 physician + $309 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.