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Heel or Elbow Protector

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 8 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$10.72$6.92 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$18.20 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $20
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $20professional $11

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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$30.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.18

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Wisconsin than in California. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $12.30 · 4th of 51
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.