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Wood Socket, Below-Knee

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L5639

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wood Socket, Below-Knee cost?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$1,023$776 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$759 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,000Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,122
$500$1K$2Kfacility $871professional $1,023

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.0 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· 20th of 51

$1,000

HI $2,512DE $631

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.