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External Fixation Frame, Single Plane

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 20690

Applies a frame outside the body that holds broken or realigned bone in position using pins or wires passed through the skin into the bone. In this version the pins all run in one plane, forming a simpler frame. It is used to stabilize fractures or bone corrections when internal hardware is unsuitable or must wait.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does External Fixation Frame, Single Plane cost?

$2,754

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $3,715.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,607
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,754

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
$1,412.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$28,840.32
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 56.2 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $2,754 · 35th of 51
IN $17,783MD $316

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.