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Heel or Elbow Protector

Illinois rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$1.35

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.35 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.29 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$1.29$1.10 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$37.15 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $8 to $155Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8
$0.5$2$10$50facility $74professional $1

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
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.55
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$13.18
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.59
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
MS · Maintenance fee
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 51st of 51

$1.35

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.