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Straight Knee Joint, Heavy-Duty

Alabama rates for HCPCS L2385

Addition to lower extremity, straight knee joint, heavy-duty, each joint

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Straight Knee Joint, Heavy-Duty cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $141.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $98 to $110Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $63 to $141
$100$200facility $98professional $76

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
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
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
02 + 10 + 12 + 17 + 21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 32 · Mandated service + 34 + 41
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Hawaii than in Florida. 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.

Alabama· 49th of 51

$75.86

HI $224FL $70.79

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.