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Lift, Elevation, Metal Extension (Skate)

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS L3330

Lift, elevation, metal extension (skate)

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 8 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$324$275 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$275 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,236Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $275 to $525
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $832professional $324

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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$324

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.