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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Idaho 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?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 8 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$2,951$2,042 to $3,388
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,995 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $5,495Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $3,802
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $3,020professional $2,951

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,168.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 15th of 51

$2,951

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.