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Axillary Crutch Extension

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$229$182 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$229 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,862Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $148 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $389professional $229

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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$316.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$229

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.