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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Texas 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $12,589.

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 $3,715 · 10th to 90th $977 to $27,542
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,715

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
$891.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$48,977.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 25th of 50

$3,715

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.