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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Indiana 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?

$14,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,183 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$1,259$1,096 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,183$2,570 to $38,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $56,234Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $13,183professional $1,259

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$77,624.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$38,018.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,128.61
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$40,738.03
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 6th of 51

$14,441

$1,259 physician + $13,183 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.