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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Louisiana 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$2,344$1,862 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$977 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,074Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $2,344

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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 51

$2,138

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.