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External Traction Frame on the Thighbone

Alabama rates for HCPCS 20663

Places an external frame anchored into the thighbone with pins, used to hold the bone in position or to apply steady pulling force while an injury heals or a deformity is corrected. Taking the device off later is part of the same service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does External Traction Frame on the Thighbone cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$417 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,259 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,012Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $372 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$776

CA $4,898KY $468

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.