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Test Socket, Symes

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS L5618

Addition to lower extremity, test socket, Symes

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test Socket, Symes cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 9 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$195$170 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$170 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,778Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $155 to $380
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $457professional $195

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
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$660.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$195

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.