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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Florida 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?

$1,799

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,799 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$182 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$912 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,166Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $166 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $214

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92

Where Florida 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

Florida· 24th of 51

$1,799

$214 physician + $1,585 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.