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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Florida 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 July 2026.

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

$7,413

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $11,749.

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 $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $21,878
$1K$10K$100K$1M$10Mfacility $7,413

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
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$18,620.87
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$5,623,413.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 46.8 times more in Maine 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.

Florida· 11th of 50

$7,413

ME $54,954WV $1,175

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.