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Removing A Drug-Releasing Implant From A Joint

Texas 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?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $525 to $3,715.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $126 to $6,026
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862

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
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 21st of 49

$1,862

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.