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Axillary Crutch Extension

Missouri rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$151$129 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$155 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $126 to $501Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $331
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $151

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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$155

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.