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External Bone Growth Stimulation (Noninvasive)

Washington 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?

$100

Typical physician fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $138.

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 $100 · 10th to 90th $52 to $195
$50$100$200$500professional $100

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
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$45.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 8th of 51

$100

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.