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Leather Socket, Below-Knee

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, 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 $501 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$316 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$389 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $316 to $912Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $282 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $355

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
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
6 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
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
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
$295.12

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th 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.