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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 July 2026.

How much does Exchange Of One External Frame Strut cost?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 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 $2,089 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$2,089$1,778 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,380 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,248Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $2,089

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 34th of 51

$2,089

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.