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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20660

Attaches tongs or a frame to the skull to hold the head and neck steady. Removing the device later is part of this same service. It is provided on its own, not together with a related operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame cost?

$3,165

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,165 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$589 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,585 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,079Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,918.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 6th of 51

$3,165

$977 physician + $2,188 facility

CO $4,689MT $752

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.