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Removing A Drug-Releasing Implant From A Joint

Arizona rates for HCPCS 20705

Takes out a medication-releasing material, such as antibiotic beads or a spacer, from inside a joint where it was placed to treat infection. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing A Drug-Releasing Implant From A Joint cost?

$2,188

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $4,677.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $141 to $5,623
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 61.7 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.

Arizona· 18th of 49

$2,188

NH $7,413MD $120

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.