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Straight Knee Joint, Heavy-Duty

Louisiana 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$70.79 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$145 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $110 to $331Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $68 to $141
$100$200$500facility $145professional $105

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
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
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
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
$52.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$12.02

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$112

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.