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Replacement Pretibial Shell

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L4130

Replace pretibial shell

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacement Pretibial Shell cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$372 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$355 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $182 to $575Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $302 to $575
$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $501

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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
14 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
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Hawaii than in Vermont. 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· 15th of 51

$501

HI $813VT $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.