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Axillary Crutch Extension

Iowa rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 7 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$182$117 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$158 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $107 to $692Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $98 to $372
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $182

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$182

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.