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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 July 2026.

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

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$490$372 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$501 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,820Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $282 to $871
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $490

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
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota 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· 11th of 51

$525

MN $741KS $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.