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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Below-Knee

Rhode Island 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 4 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$257$219 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$380 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,122Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $214 to $347
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $257

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota 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.

Rhode Island· 48th of 51

$257

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.