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Leather Socket, Above-Knee

South Carolina 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$389$331 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$331 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,000Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $331 to $646
$500$1Kfacility $525professional $389

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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$389

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.