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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Oklahoma 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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 4 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$1,905$1,660 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,202 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,818
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,905

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 48th of 51

$1,905

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.