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Surgical Boot, Child

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L3209

Surgical boot, each, child

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Boot, Child cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$18.62$18.62 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$25.70 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $28Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $28
$10$20$50facility $28professional $19

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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
14 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
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$27.54

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wyoming than in Colorado. 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$18.62

WY $75.86CO $17.38

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.