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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Iowa 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$955$550 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$955 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,266Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $955

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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
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
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 1st of 51

$955

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.