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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Minnesota 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$759$589 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$589 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $589 to $4,266Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $759

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$60.26

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$813

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.