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Leather Socket, Above-Knee

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5642

Addition to lower extremity, above knee (AK), leather socket

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Leather Socket, Above-Knee cost?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$427$355 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$525 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,380Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $309 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $631professional $427

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in South Dakota 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$437

SD $933DE $331

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.