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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Above-Knee

Iowa 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$776$490 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$776 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,311Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $776

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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$676.08
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
4 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
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 1st of 51

$776

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.