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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Below-Knee

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L5450

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$427$240 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$214 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,514Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $214 to $646
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $380professional $427

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,570.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,570.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $427 · 9th of 51
MN $575DE $229

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.