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

Pennsylvania 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$331$302 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$295 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,138Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $269 to $661
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $832professional $331

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
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
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,148.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$537.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 48th of 51

$331

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.