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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20697

Replaces a single strut on an external frame that is already in place. Imaging is included, and the adjustment is computer-assisted. The charge applies once for each strut exchanged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Exchange Of One External Frame Strut cost?

$4,786

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,786 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,786$1,738 to $7,586
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,512 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $11,220Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $10,000
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $4,786

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,220.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,709.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$4,786

CA $6,310KY $1,660

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.