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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Missouri 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?

$2,420

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,420 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$282$240 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,096 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,370Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $219 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $282

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
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
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 13th of 51

$2,420

$282 physician + $2,138 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.