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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 October 2026.

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

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $912 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$245 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$708 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,148Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $191 to $407
$200$500$1Kfacility $912professional $257

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 41st of 51

$282

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.