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External Fixation Frame, Single Plane

Vermont 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 October 2026.

How much does External Fixation Frame, Single Plane cost?

$5,197

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,197 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$832$692 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$4,365 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $4,365Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska 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

Vermont· 20th of 51

$5,197

$832 physician + $4,365 facility

AK $12,005MT $1,910

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.