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Adjusting an External Bone Fixation Frame

Iowa rates for HCPCS 20693

An operation under anesthesia to adjust or rebuild the external frame that holds broken or realigned bones in position from outside the skin. New pins, wires, rings, or connecting bars may be added, moved, or exchanged. It is done when the frame needs reconfiguring during treatment rather than at the original placement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Adjusting an External Bone Fixation Frame cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $6,761.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $708 to $13,490Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $851

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$17,782.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 52.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Iowa· 24th of 50

$3,802

IN $22,387WV $427

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.