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Heel or Elbow Protector

Virginia rates for HCPCS E0191

Heel or elbow protector, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel or Elbow Protector cost?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$7.08 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$7.24 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $1 to $28Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $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
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$0.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.12
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$1.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.76
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
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 20th of 51

$7.24

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.