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Heel or Elbow Protector

North Carolina rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 6 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$7.24$5.62 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$8.32 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.12
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$100.00
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$7.59

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.