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Lift, Elevation, Metal Extension (Skate)

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L3330

Lift, elevation, metal extension (skate)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lift, Elevation, Metal Extension (Skate) cost?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$316 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$389 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,230Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $282 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Kansas than in Washington, DC. 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· 23rd of 51

$380

KS $891DC $275

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.