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Test Socket, Symes

Iowa rates for HCPCS L5618

Addition to lower extremity, test socket, Symes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Test Socket, Symes cost?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $398 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$251 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$355 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,738Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $178 to $501
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $355

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
4 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
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$355

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.