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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

New Jersey 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?

$7,314

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$1,148$1,072 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,311 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $34,674Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $6,166professional $1,148

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$39,810.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$102,329.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 17th of 51

$7,314

$1,148 physician + $6,166 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.