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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Missouri 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$2,089$1,622 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$724 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,248Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $2,089

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
$1,862.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 30th of 51

$2,089

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.