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Heel or Elbow Protector

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 9 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$7.41$6.03 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$7.41 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $8professional $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
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.72
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.13
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.75
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.59

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 23rd of 51

$7.41

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.