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External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive)

North Carolina 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?

$81.28

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $135.

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 $81 · 10th to 90th $48 to $170
$50$100$200professional $81

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
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$81.28

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.