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Image-Less Computer Navigation In Bone Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 20985

During an orthopedic operation the surgeon uses a computer navigation system to guide instruments and implants more precisely than by hand alone. This version works without any scan images: the system is set up from landmarks the surgeon registers on the patient during the operation itself. It is extra guidance billed in addition to the main procedure, not a service on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Image-Less Computer Navigation In Bone Surgery cost?

$2,765

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$195$138 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,230 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $224 to $12,023Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $126 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $195

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 67.6 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 19th of 50

$2,765

$195 physician + $2,570 facility

DE $13,638MD $202

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.