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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 October 2026.

How much does Exchange Of One External Frame Strut cost?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,512$2,089 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$603 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,981Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $13,183
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $2,512

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
$2,089.30
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$2,291

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.