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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Above-Knee

Massachusetts 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$355 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$550 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,188Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,365
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $501

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,445.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$489.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$144.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$575

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.