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Implanted Electrical Bone Growth Stimulator

Virginia rates for HCPCS 20975

Places an electrical bone-growth stimulator at a fracture or spinal fusion site during an operation, where it delivers a small current directly to the bone to encourage it to knit. It is used where healing has already failed or is expected to be difficult.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Implanted Electrical Bone Growth Stimulator cost?

$994

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $994 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$200$178 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$224 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,623Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $158 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 12.2 times more in New York than in Florida. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Virginia· 22nd of 51

$994

$200 physician + $794 facility

NY $3,336FL $274

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.