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Halo Brace Application, Fragile Skull

Alabama rates for HCPCS 20664

This service applies a halo brace - a rigid ring attached to the skull with pins and connected to a supportive vest - to immobilize the head and neck. It uses a technique adapted for patients whose skull bone is unusually thin or fragile, such as young children or people with certain bone conditions, and includes removal of the device when treatment is complete. This kind of immobilization is used to stabilize the neck after an injury or before or after certain spine surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Halo Brace Application, Fragile Skull cost?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$912$759 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,230 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,571Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $912

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
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.7 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· 31st of 51

$1,096

CA $3,890KY $832

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.