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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Below-Knee

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $331 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 7 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$251$219 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$219 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $219 to $661Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $219 to $372
$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $251

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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 46th 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.