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Test Socket, Symes

Iowa rates for HCPCS L5618

Addition to lower extremity, test socket, Symes

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test Socket, Symes cost?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$269$195 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$251 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $224 to $891Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $155 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $269

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
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$269

WI $407NE $158

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.