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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Arizona 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 5 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$1,950$1,698 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,188 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,950

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 30th of 51

$2,188

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.