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External Frame With Computer-Guided Adjustment

West 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?

$3,275

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,275 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,122 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,585 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $48,978Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,388
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$48,977.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$3,275

$1,413 physician + $1,862 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.