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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

North Dakota rates for HCPCS L1970

Ankle-foot orthosis (AFO), plastic with ankle joint, custom fabricated

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated cost?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $617 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$525 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$575 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,259Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,023
$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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 Dakota· 10th of 51

$692

HI $912DC $331

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.