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Diabetic Custom Insert, Multiple Density, CAD/CAM Carved

Iowa rates for HCPCS A5514

For diabetics only, multiple density insert, made by direct carving with CAM technology from a rectified CAD model created from a digitized scan of the patient, total contact with patient's foot, including arch, base layer minimum of 3/16 inch material of Shore A 35 durometer (or higher), includes arch filler and other shaping material, custom fabricated, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Diabetic Custom Insert, Multiple Density, CAD/CAM Carved cost?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$53.70$32.36 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$52.48 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $40 to $251Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $27 to $74
$20$50$100$200facility $60professional $54

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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
4 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
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.37

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Hawaii than in Utah. 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$53.70

HI $57.54UT $25.70

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.