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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Kentucky 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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$1,622$1,413 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,445 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $617 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,570
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,622

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
$616.60
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$1,660

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.