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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20696

An external frame is attached to a limb by pins and wires passed through the bone in more than one direction, holding the bone from outside the skin. A computer program then works out a schedule of small daily adjustments to the frame, gradually moving the bone into the correct position over the following weeks. Imaging and the follow-up adjustment calculations are included.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment cost?

$21,382

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,382 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,786 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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$4,786$2,951 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$7,943 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $45,709Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $6,026
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $16,596professional $4,786

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
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$50,118.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$36,307.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$83,176.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Wyoming than in Kentucky. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$21,382

$4,786 physician + $16,596 facility

WY $22,644KY $2,656

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.