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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Utah 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 Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$525$380 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$257 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $257 to $851Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $257 to $776
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
4 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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 26th 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.