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Medicated Implant Placed Inside A Joint

Wisconsin 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?

$1,355

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$214 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$372 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,455Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $355

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
$141.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$676.08
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,691.53
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95
4 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
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54

Where Wisconsin 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

Wisconsin· 10th of 51

$1,355

$355 physician + $1,000 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.