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Socket Insert, Symes

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5654

Addition to lower extremity, socket insert, Symes, (Kemblo, Pelite, Aliplast, Plastazote or equal)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Socket Insert, Symes cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$269$224 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$372 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $955Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $204 to $339
$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $269

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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Pennsylvania. 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· 29th of 51

$275

HI $525PA $214

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.