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External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive)

Alabama rates for HCPCS 20974

This treatment uses an external electrical device placed over the skin to help stimulate healing of a bone that is not mending properly, such as after a fracture that has failed to heal. No surgery is involved; the device works from outside the body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive) cost?

$74.13

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $107.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $43 to $135
$50$100professional $74

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$74.13

AK $162KY $60.26

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.