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Removing A Drug-Releasing Implant From A Joint

Kentucky 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?

$933

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $191 to $8,511.

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 $933 · 10th to 90th $132 to $10,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933

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
$131.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 29th of 49

$933

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.