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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 July 2026.

How much does Exchange Of One External Frame Strut cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$2,884$1,698 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$4,365 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $10,715
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $2,884

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
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 51

$3,311

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.