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Image-Less Computer Navigation In Bone Surgery

Montana 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?

$399

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $399 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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$148$135 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$245 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $200 to $912Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $123 to $302
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $251professional $148

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
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$399

$148 physician + $251 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.