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Knee Joint Drop Lock

Iowa rates for HCPCS L2405

Addition to knee joint, drop lock, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Joint Drop Lock cost?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$105$63.10 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$105 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $71 to $490Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $52 to $141
$50$100$200$500facility $117professional $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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
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
$24.55
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.55

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Montana 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· 2nd of 51

$105

MT $107FL $50.12

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.