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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 October 2026.

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

$4,429

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,429 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$2,138$1,660 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,950 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $36,308Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $3,162
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $2,138

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$45,708.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47,863.01
Median
$67,608.30
Typical High
$91,201.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
4 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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 38th of 51

$4,429

$2,138 physician + $2,291 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.