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Leather Socket, Below-Knee

South 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 5 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$339$269 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$269 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $269 to $794Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $269 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $339

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 38th of 51

$347

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.