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Axillary Crutch Extension

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS L0978

Axillary crutch extension

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Axillary Crutch Extension cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 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 4 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$123$102 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$135 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $135 to $537Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $102 to $158
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $123

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 33rd of 51

$123

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.