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

Removing a deep antibiotic or drug delivery implant

CPT 20701the billing code this page is about

Removal of a medication-carrying device previously placed deep beneath the fascia or in muscle; reported for each device removed alongside another surgery.

Hospitals typically charge $179 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 283 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $270. Most fall between $103 and $656 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
283
States
42
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 283 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
$71$111$179$594$3,786

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 53× what the cheapest tenth charges ($71 vs $3,786).

How the prices are spread

$55 – $88: 32 hospitals$55$88 – $139: 70 hospitals$139 – $219: 43 hospitals$139$219 – $346: 18 hospitals$346 – $548: 32 hospitals$346$548 – $866: 28 hospitals$866 – $1,370: 11 hospitals$866$1,370 – $2,167: 8 hospitals$2,167 – $3,427: 0 hospitals$2,167$3,427 – $5,419: 15 hospitals$3,427median $179price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (257 of 283 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$55$8832
$88$13970
$139$21943
$219$34618
$346$54832
$548$86628
$866$1,37011
$1,370$2,1678
$2,167$3,4270
$3,427$5,41915

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $179.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: median $464 across 14 hospitalsMN$464Illinois: median $157 across 16 hospitalsIL$157Wisconsin: median $125 across 13 hospitalsWI$125Michigan: median $102 across 12 hospitalsMI$102New York: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $116 across 10 hospitalsOR$116Nevada: 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $157 across 13 hospitalsIA$157Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $48 across 17 hospitalsPA$48New Jersey: median $5,339 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $594 across 41 hospitalsCA$594Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,189 across 17 hospitalsWV$1,189Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $106 across 10 hospitalsOK$106Louisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $179. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,339+2891%$4,350 – $6,311
West Virginia WV17$1,189+566%$68 – $1,432
California CA41$594+233%$530 – $594
Minnesota MN14$464+160%$315 – $464
Iowa IA13$157−12%$157 – $157
Illinois IL16$157−12%$111 – $382
Wisconsin WI13$125−30%$125 – $719
Oregon OR10$116−35%$116 – $146
Oklahoma OK10$106−41%$106 – $106
Michigan MI12$102−43%$82 – $126
Pennsylvania PA17$48−73%$39 – $87
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $179.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care232$184$103 – $752
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access47$126$103 – $464
Ownership
For-profit20$125$106 – $351
Government41$165$116 – $1,249
Non-profit222$193$101 – $594
System affiliation
Part of a system241$179$106 – $594
Independent42$165$100 – $752

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$238
Median cash price$179
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

170 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $157 and the average of the middle 60% is $214; most fall between $106 and $530.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 170 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
$73$111$157$530$594

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($73 vs $594).

Of the 182 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 170 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

283 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 328 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted283
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here22
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code328

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 Removal Deep Drug Delivery Device.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removing a deep antibiotic or drug delivery implant (CPT 20701) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-20701-removing-a-deep-antibiotic-or-drug-delivery-implant