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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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 $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$2,570 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $20,417Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $2,951
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $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
$2,041.74
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th 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.