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Heel or Elbow Protector

Kentucky rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$7.08$6.92 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$7.76 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $7

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
$4.68
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.80
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$2.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.32
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.31
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
$0.48
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 36th of 51

$7.08

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.