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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Colorado 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 October 2026.

How much does Exchange Of One External Frame Strut cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,692$2,089 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,622 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,692

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,715.35
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
1 more rate 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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$2,818

AK $7,244DE $1,514

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.