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Leather Socket, Below-Knee

Connecticut rates for HCPCS L5638

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Leather Socket, Below-Knee cost?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, 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 $525 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$288 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$501 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $457 to $724Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $282 to $437
$500$1Kfacility $525professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.90

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Hawaii than in Washington, DC. 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.

Connecticut· 46th of 51

$355

HI $933DC $316

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.