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Heel or Elbow Protector

Minnesota rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$13.49$6.92 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$12.59 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $13

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
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$56.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.71
3 more rates 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
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$3.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.54
Typical High
$1.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$15.14

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.