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External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive)

Maryland 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?

$67.61

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $87.10.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $48 to $110
$50$100$200$500professional $68

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
$47.86
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$147.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$67.61

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.