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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Indiana 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 Indiana, 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$427 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$676 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,349Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $537

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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,466.84
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
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
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 32nd 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.