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Elevating Footrests, Articulating (Telescoping)

North Carolina rates for HCPCS K0053

Elevating footrests, articulating (telescoping), each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Elevating Footrests, Articulating (Telescoping) cost?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$58.88 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$66.07 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $66 to $87Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $42 to $102
$50$100facility $72professional $71

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
8 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Kansas 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$70.79

KS $132IL $52.48

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.