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

Rhode Island 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 4 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$380$316 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$468 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,622Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $302 to $468
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,148professional $380

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 27th of 51

$389

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.