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

North Carolina 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$501$355 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$437 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,148Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $295 to $525
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $501

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$501

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.