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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 July 2026.

How much does Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint cost?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $525 to $3,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $151 to $6,026
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862

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
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 21st of 50

$1,862

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.