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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Michigan 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 Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $955 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,291$1,862 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$933 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,981Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $2,291

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
$1,995.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 25th 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.