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Test Socket, Symes

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5618

Addition to lower extremity, test socket, Symes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Test Socket, Symes cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$209$191 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$295 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $269 to $724Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $158 to $269
$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $209

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
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
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
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$234

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.