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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Oregon 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?

$2,291

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,950 to $2,754.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $13,183Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,291professional $2,291

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
$2,884.03
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$89,125.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$81,283.05

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 38th of 50

$2,291

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.