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Removal of Four or More Drug Delivery Implants

Tennessee rates for HCPCS G0517

Removal of nonbiodegradable drug delivery implants, four or more (services for subdermal implants)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Four or More Drug Delivery Implants cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$110 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$661 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,802Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $98 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $182

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
$354.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Oklahoma than in West Virginia. 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.

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$200

OK $501WV $132

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.