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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Texas 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?

$1,488

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,488 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$138 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$316 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,571Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $34 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $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
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88

Where Texas 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

Texas· 9th of 51

$1,488

$170 physician + $1,318 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.