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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Above-Knee

Colorado rates for HCPCS L5460

Immediate postsurgical or early fitting, application of nonweight bearing rigid dressing, above knee (AK)

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$347 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$324 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,072Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $309 to $912
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $355

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
6 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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Iowa than in Kansas. 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.

Colorado· 46th of 51

$355

IA $776KS $324

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.