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Image-Less Computer Navigation In Bone Surgery

Louisiana 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?

$1,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$138 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$479 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3,715Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $275
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $182

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
$478.63
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 50

$1,441

$182 physician + $1,259 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.