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Removing A Drug-Releasing Implant From A Joint

Minnesota 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?

$417

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $912.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $132 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 35th of 49

$417

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.