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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Kentucky 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?

$2,630

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $10,715.

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 $2,630 · 10th to 90th $741 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630

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
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,748.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 35th of 50

$2,630

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.