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Test Socket, Symes

Alabama rates for HCPCS L5618

Addition to lower extremity, test socket, Symes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Test Socket, Symes cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $302.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $269 to $302Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $141 to $302
$200$500facility $269professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
02 + 10 + 12 + 17 + 21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 32 · Mandated service + 34 + 41
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Wisconsin than in Colorado. 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$200

WI $407CO $200

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.