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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Below-Knee

Arkansas rates for HCPCS L5450

Immediate postsurgical or early fitting, application of nonweight bearing rigid dressing, below knee (BK)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Below-Knee cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$324 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$309 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $309 to $661Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $224 to $741
$100$200$500facility $309professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
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
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.7 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.

Arkansas· 6th of 51

$562

MT $603DE $224

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.