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Straight Knee Joint, Heavy-Duty

Minnesota 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$123 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$123 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $123 to $813Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $76 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $178professional $162

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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$165.96
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$166

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.