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

South 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 5 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$339$302 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$302 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $302 to $871Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $295 to $513
$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $339

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$355

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.