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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Georgia 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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$2,138$1,820 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$1,995 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $7,413Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,981
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $2,138

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
$2,041.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$13,803.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 25th of 51

$2,291

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.