Ring Frame Fixation of a Broken Bone

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 20692

Applies an external frame that holds a broken or deformed bone from outside the limb, with pins and wires passing through the skin into the bone in several different directions. The rings and rods are then locked together so the bone is supported without a plate inside. It is used for severe or contaminated fractures, bone loss, infection, and for gradually straightening or lengthening a bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ring Frame Fixation of a Broken Bone cost?

$6,992

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

23% physician fee77% facility fee

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 55 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,622	$1,175 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$5,370	$2,399 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,467

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,122.02 Median $4,073.80 Typical High $11,481.54	Facility	Global	$1,122.02	$4,073.80	$11,481.54
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,090.30 Median $8,912.51 Typical High $26,302.68	Facility	Global	$3,090.30	$8,912.51	$26,302.68
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $794.33 Median $3,090.30 Typical High $10,964.78	Facility	Global	$794.33	$3,090.30	$10,964.78
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier AS · PA/NP assist Typical Low $181.97 Median $181.97 Typical High $181.97	Facility	AS · PA/NP assist	$181.97	$181.97	$181.97
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,862.09 Median $6,025.60 Typical High $16,982.44	Facility	Global	$1,862.09	$6,025.60	$16,982.44

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

WI $17,361MD $2,352

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.