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Test Socket, Below-Knee

North Carolina 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$251$195 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$229 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $158 to $617Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $148 to $257
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $251

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$251

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.