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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Kentucky 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?

$945

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $945 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$204$186 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$355 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,981Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $162 to $347
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $741professional $204

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
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
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
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$945

$204 physician + $741 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.