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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Michigan 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?

$1,484

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,484 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$309$263 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$776 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $525 to $2,754Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $56 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $309

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
$316.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
10 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
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 34th of 51

$1,484

$309 physician + $1,175 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.