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Removing A Drug-Releasing Implant From A Joint

Iowa 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?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $288 to $3,802.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $195 to $6,761Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $135 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $257

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 17th of 49

$2,239

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.