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Ankle-Foot Orthosis with Ankle Joint, Custom Fabricated

Virginia 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $575 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$398 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$468 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,230Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $398 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $537

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
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
6 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
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th of 51

$537

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.