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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

Virginia 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?

$6,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$1,288$1,148 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,778 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $19,953Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $1,288

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
$1,348.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$38,018.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$33,884.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
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
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 20th of 51

$6,912

$1,288 physician + $5,623 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.