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Straight Knee Joint, Heavy-Duty

Iowa 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$155$93.33 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$162 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $105 to $813Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $76 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $174professional $155

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
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
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$155

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.