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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

New Mexico 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?

$5,678

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,678 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,413$1,202 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,660 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,905
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$30,199.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 24th of 51

$5,678

$1,413 physician + $4,266 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.