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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Montana 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?

$3,682

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,682 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$1,862$1,230 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,820 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $85 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $1,820professional $1,862

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$64,565.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$64,565.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 51

$3,682

$1,862 physician + $1,820 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.