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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Maine 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$550$513 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$1,047 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,570Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $933
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $550

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
8 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
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 24th of 51

$550

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.