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Quick-Change Self-Aligning Unit, Above-Knee or Below-Knee

Montana rates for HCPCS L5617

Addition to lower extremity, quick change self-aligning unit, above knee (AK) or below knee (BK), each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Quick-Change Self-Aligning Unit, Above-Knee or Below-Knee cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 6 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$550$363 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$525 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $437 to $832Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $195 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $550

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Nebraska. 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$575

HI $724NE $295

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.