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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Mississippi 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 5 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$1,862$1,622 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$759 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,754Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $3,388
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $1,862

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
$707.95
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 49th of 51

$1,778

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.