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Heel or Elbow Protector

Texas rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$6.61 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$11.48 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $37Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $91
$1$5$20$100facility $14professional $7

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
$6.46
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.63
Median
$0.63
Typical High
$0.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$1.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$0.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.51
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
2 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
MS · Maintenance fee
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
MS · Maintenance fee
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.89

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 45th of 51

$7.08

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.