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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Idaho 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?

$19,872

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,872 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $17,783 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,738 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$17,783$2,239 to $23,442

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17,783 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $44,668Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,570
$100$1K$10Kfacility $17,783professional $2,089

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$48,977.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$30,199.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30,902.95
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$61,659.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,818.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
7 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 4th of 51

$19,872

$2,089 physician + $17,783 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.