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External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive)

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $57.54 to $89.13.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $49 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
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th 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.