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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Minnesota 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?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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$4,169$3,090 to $5,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,802 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $13,804Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $6,457
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $4,169

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
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$4,266

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.