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Nonweight-Bearing Rigid Dressing, Above-Knee

Nebraska 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$389 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$851 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,311Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $490

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
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
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$501

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.