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Test Socket, Below-Knee

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS L5620

Addition to lower extremity, test socket, below knee (BK)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test Socket, Below-Knee cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 5 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$178$166 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$178 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $178 to $550Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $155 to $214
$200$500facility $178professional $178

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Massachusetts than in Delaware. 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.

Washington, DC· 43rd of 51

$178

MA $389DE $148

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.