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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Nevada 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?

$5,852

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,852 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$1,175$1,023 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,698 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $20,893Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,862
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $1,175

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
$1,258.93
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 23rd of 51

$5,852

$1,175 physician + $4,677 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.