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

New York 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 9 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$407$339 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$407 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,023Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $295 to $955
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $479professional $407

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
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,071.52
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63

Where New York 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.

New York· 20th of 51

$417

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.