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Leather Socket, Below-Knee

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L5638

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Leather Socket, Below-Knee cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 6 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$447$380 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$417 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,202Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $263 to $457
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $447

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Hawaii 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· 14th of 51

$447

HI $933DE $263

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.