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

South Dakota 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 7 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$661$550 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$501 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,318Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $501 to $977
$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $661

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$661

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.