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Axillary Crutch Extension

New York rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $135 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$132$110 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$93.33 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $69 to $339Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $89 to $331
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $135professional $132

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
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$371.54
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$354.81
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$131.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04

Where New York 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.

New York· 22nd of 51

$132

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.