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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

New Mexico 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$1,995$1,738 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,188 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,754
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,311professional $1,995

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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 45th of 51

$1,995

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.