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Suspension Locking Mechanism, Below-Knee or Above-Knee

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$479 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$501 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,692Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $295 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $575

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
4 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
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska 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.

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$589

AK $1,023DE $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.