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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 October 2026.

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

$13,492

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,492 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,183 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$120 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,183$4,571 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $31,623Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $41 to $1,318
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $13,183professional $309

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
$1,096.48
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$41,686.94
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$21,877.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$954.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$26,302.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96

Where Texas 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

Texas· 8th of 51

$13,492

$309 physician + $13,183 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.