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Heel or Elbow Protector

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$6.17 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$15.14 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $71
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $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
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.55
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$70.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$19.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.75
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.41
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$70.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$19.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.23
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.82
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.95
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.72
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
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
$0.63
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.63

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$7.94

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.