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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Oklahoma 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?

$1,463

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$251 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$457 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $331 to $4,365Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $288

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
$354.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 35th of 51

$1,463

$288 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.