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Axillary Crutch Extension

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $162 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 9 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$191$112 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$102 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,413Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $102 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $162professional $191

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
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,412.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$191

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.