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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Ohio 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?

$6,666

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,666 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$398 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$1,738 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $912 to $20,417Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,514
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $5,754professional $912

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
$2,089.30
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$21,877.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$26,915.35
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,620.87
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,952.62
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 21st of 51

$6,666

$912 physician + $5,754 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.