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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Utah 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?

$3,137

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$151 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$214 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,571Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $145 to $219
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $186

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
$213.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03

Where Utah 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

Utah· 1st of 51

$3,137

$186 physician + $2,951 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.