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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Kansas 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,399 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$2,399$1,820 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,239 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $8,128Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $2,399

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
$2,238.72
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 21st of 51

$2,512

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.