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Suspension Locking Mechanism, Below-Knee or Above-Knee

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L5671

Addition to lower extremity, below knee (BK)/above knee (AK) suspension locking mechanism (shuttle, lanyard, or equal), excludes socket insert

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Suspension Locking Mechanism, Below-Knee or Above-Knee cost?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 8 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$525$288 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$263 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,631Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $263 to $794
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $537professional $525

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$831.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,890.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$525

HI $977DE $275

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.