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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Connecticut 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$513 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$550 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,175Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $776
$500$1Kfacility $851professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 31st of 51

$537

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.