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Application Of Skull Tongs Or Head Frame

Oregon 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?

$904

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $904 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$324 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$417 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $288 to $4,074Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $229 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $437

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,309.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
10 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
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$904

$437 physician + $468 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.