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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

North Carolina 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$708$537 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$501 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $257 to $813Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $427 to $813
$500$1Kfacility $550professional $708

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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
14 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
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$416.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$708

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.