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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

New Jersey 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?

$2,584

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$219 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,413 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,918Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $174 to $347
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $240

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
$3,388.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 12th of 51

$2,584

$240 physician + $2,344 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.