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External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive)

Iowa 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?

$87.10

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $129.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $49 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $87

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
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$87.10

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.