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Heel or Elbow Protector

Michigan rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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$10.72$5.89 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$15.85 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $3 to $63Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $1 to $14
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $11

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
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$3.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.41
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$29.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$1.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.00
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.59
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$1.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.90
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
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.78

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 10th of 51

$10.72

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.