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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Colorado rates for HCPCS L1970

Ankle-foot orthosis (AFO), plastic with ankle joint, custom fabricated

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$398 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$437 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,318Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
6 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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Iowa 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.

Colorado· 40th of 51

$468

IA $955DE $398

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.