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Axillary Crutch Extension

Alaska rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $132 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$129 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$69.18 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $69 to $617Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $112 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $132professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 16th of 51

$151

HI $692DC $97.72

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.