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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Nebraska 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?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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$3,890$2,630 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$759 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $3,890

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$3,802

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.