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Knee Orthosis, Inflatable Air Chambers, Off-the-Shelf

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L1848

Knee orthosis (KO), double upright with adjustable joint, with inflatable air support chamber(s), prefabricated, off-the-shelf

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Orthosis, Inflatable Air Chambers, Off-the-Shelf cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $724 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$331 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$631 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,479Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,548
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$39.81

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Montana than in Delaware. 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$490

MT $741DE $316

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.