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Heel or Elbow Protector

Louisiana rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $0.03 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.41$6.31 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.03$0.02 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $10Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$0.1$1$10facility $0professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Wisconsin than in California. 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

$7.41

WI $13.18CA $5.37

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.