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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Arkansas 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?

$15,249

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,249 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,804 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,230 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,804$1,622 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,804 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $27,542Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $13,804professional $1,445

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 5th of 51

$15,249

$1,445 physician + $13,804 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.