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Heel or Elbow Protector

Alaska rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $12.59 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$11.75$4.90 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.59$8.91 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $1 to $18Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $1 to $13
$1$2$5$10$20facility $13professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$12.02
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$1.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$11.48
1 more rate 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
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
NR · New when rented
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Minnesota than in Illinois. 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.

Alaska· 7th of 51

$11.75

MN $15.14IL $1.35

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.