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Heel or Elbow Protector

South Dakota rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$11.22$5.89 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$13.49 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $25Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$1.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
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
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$11.48

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.