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Image-Less Computer Navigation In Bone Surgery

South Carolina 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?

$5,283

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,283 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$138 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$219 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $166 to $22,909Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $123 to $324
$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $155

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
$165.96
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 4th of 50

$5,283

$155 physician + $5,129 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.