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Heel, Thomas Extended to Ball

Iowa rates for HCPCS L3470

Heel, Thomas extended to ball

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heel, Thomas Extended to Ball cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$43.65 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$81.28 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $58 to $347Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $37 to $100
$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $72

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$194.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
4 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
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.92

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$74.13

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.