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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 October 2026.

How much does Leather Socket, Below-Knee cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$372 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$339 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $186 to $501Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $302 to $513
$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $457

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
14 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
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$602.56

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$457

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.