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Cervical, Semi-Rigid, Adjustable (Plastic Collar)

Alabama rates for HCPCS L0140

Cervical, semi-rigid, adjustable (plastic collar)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cervical, Semi-Rigid, Adjustable (Plastic Collar) cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$33.88 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$46.77 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $47 to $79Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $79
$20$50$100facility $47professional $42

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
5 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
02 + 10 + 12 + 17 + 21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 32 · Mandated service + 34 + 41
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Kansas than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$42.66

KS $97.72DE $33.88

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.