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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Nebraska 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?

$2,740

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$501$398 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,096 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $759 to $7,943Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $501

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
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
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$36.31

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$2,740

$501 physician + $2,239 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.