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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Placing a deep antibiotic or drug delivery implant

CPT 20700the billing code this page is about

Hand-mixing and placing a medication-carrying device, such as antibiotic beads or spacers, deep under the fascia or in muscle; reported for each device placed with another surgery.

Hospitals typically charge $246 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 395 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $300. Most fall between $139 and $663 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
395
States
48
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 395 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$95$147$246$554$4,627

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 49× what the cheapest tenth charges ($95 vs $4,627).

How the prices are spread

$75 – $126: 43 hospitals$75$126 – $211: 113 hospitals$211 – $354: 47 hospitals$211$354 – $595: 86 hospitals$595 – $998: 18 hospitals$595$998 – $1,675: 7 hospitals$1,675 – $2,810: 10 hospitals$1,675$2,810 – $4,716: 13 hospitals$4,716 – $7,914: 12 hospitals$4,716$7,914 – $13,281: 9 hospitals$7,914median $246price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (358 of 395 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$75$12643
$126$211113
$211$35447
$354$59586
$595$99818
$998$1,6757
$1,675$2,81010
$2,810$4,71613
$4,716$7,91412
$7,914$13,2819

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $246.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $3,476 across 10 hospitalsID$3,476Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $472 across 19 hospitalsMN$472Illinois: median $210 across 22 hospitalsIL$210Wisconsin: median $475 across 29 hospitalsWI$475Michigan: median $140 across 16 hospitalsMI$140New York: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $241 across 19 hospitalsOR$241Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $210 across 19 hospitalsIA$210Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $236 across 15 hospitalsOH$236Pennsylvania: median $63 across 17 hospitalsPA$63New Jersey: median $4,350 across 21 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $364 across 46 hospitalsCA$364Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $210 across 13 hospitalsWV$210Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $139 across 11 hospitalsOK$139Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $653 across 12 hospitalsFL$653
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $246. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ21$4,350+1668%$2,011 – $5,741
Idaho ID10$3,476+1313%$344 – $3,476
Florida FL12$653+166%$390 – $9,527
Wisconsin WI29$475+93%$166 – $919
Minnesota MN19$472+92%$177 – $554
California CA46$364+48%$263 – $409
Oregon OR19$241−2%$147 – $258
Ohio OH15$236−4%$124 – $390
West Virginia WV13$210−15%$84 – $2,604
Iowa IA19$210−15%$210 – $238
Illinois IL22$210−15%$148 – $440
Michigan MI16$140−43%$105 – $475
Oklahoma OK11$139−43%$139 – $139
Pennsylvania PA17$63−74%$52 – $111
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $246.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care286$327$139 – $1,749
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access100$209$123 – $475
Ownership
For-profit35$475$148 – $14,093
Government59$211$148 – $789
Non-profit300$258$134 – $564
System affiliation
Part of a system318$258$139 – $656
Independent77$211$135 – $1,029

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$322
Median cash price$246
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

219 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $210 and the average of the middle 60% is $243; most fall between $134 and $409.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 219 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$95$139$210$409$477

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($95 vs $477).

Of the 239 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 219 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

395 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 465 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted395
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code465

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Manual Prep and Insertion Deep Drug Delivery Dev.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Placing a deep antibiotic or drug delivery implant (CPT 20700) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-20700-placing-a-deep-antibiotic-or-drug-delivery-implant