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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 October 2026.

How much does Exchange Of One External Frame Strut cost?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$2,291$1,778 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,000 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $2,291

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 23rd of 51

$2,291

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.