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Heel, Thomas Extended to Ball

Alabama rates for HCPCS L3470

Heel, Thomas extended to ball

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel, Thomas Extended to Ball cost?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.90 to $70.79.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $42 to $45Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $28 to $71
$50$100facility $42professional $37

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
5 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
$22.39
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
02 + 10 + 12 + 17 + 21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 32 · Mandated service + 34 + 41
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Montana than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$38.02

MT $79.43DE $30.90

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.