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Exchange Of One External Frame Strut

Utah 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,738$1,514 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,202 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,738

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
$2,290.87
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,786.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 47th of 51

$1,738

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.