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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Louisiana 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?

$10,258

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,258 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,288 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$2,239 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $30,903Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,710professional $1,549

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
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$33,884.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$10,258

$1,549 physician + $8,710 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.