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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Missouri 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 Missouri, 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 $813 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$550$468 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$550 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,266Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
5 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
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$549.54

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th 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.