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Leather Socket, Below-Knee

Iowa 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$437 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$575 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,090Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $288 to $871
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $589

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$977.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
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
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$589

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.