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Axillary Crutch Extension

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$115$100 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$107 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,259Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $89 to $240
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $355professional $115

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
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
$134.90
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$115

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.