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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Nevada 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$1,950$1,738 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$2,138 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,981
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $1,950

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 38th of 51

$2,042

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.