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External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive)

Texas 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?

$75.86

Typical physician fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $91.20.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $47 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $76

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
$45.71
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 31st of 51

$75.86

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.