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Adjusting an External Bone Fixation Frame

Montana 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 October 2026.

How much does Adjusting an External Bone Fixation Frame cost?

$1,449

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,449 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$479 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$741 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,571Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $331 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $708

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Colorado 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,449

$708 physician + $741 facility

CO $11,332MT $1,449

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.