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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Montana 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?

$752

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $752 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$380$251 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$363 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,413Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $85 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $380

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$752

$380 physician + $372 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.