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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 October 2026.

How much does Exchange Of One External Frame Strut cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 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 $1,905 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,905$1,660 to $2,399
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$851 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $13,183
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $1,905

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
$1,202.26
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 38th of 51

$1,905

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.