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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

New York 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 July 2026.

How much does External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment cost?

$6,310

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,310 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,162 to $11,220.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $15,849
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$26,302.68
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,022.64
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where New York sits

The same service costs 46.8 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

New York· 15th of 50

$6,310

ME $54,954WV $1,175

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.