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Surgical Boot/Shoe

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L3260

Surgical boot/shoe, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Boot/Shoe cost?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$8.71$8.71 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$11.75 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$20facility $21professional $9

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
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96
16 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
$3.63
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GY · Excluded by law
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
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
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Wyoming than in North Carolina. 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· 51st of 51

$8.71

WY $53.70NC $8.71

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.