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Diabetic Custom Insert, Multiple Density, CAD/CAM Carved

Louisiana 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.88$25.70 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$34.67 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $0 to $741Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $22 to $38
$0.1$1$10$100facility $65professional $34

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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.90
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
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.27

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$33.88

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.