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Knee Joints, Polycentric, Below-Knee

Iowa rates for HCPCS L5677

Additions to lower extremity, below knee (BK), knee joints, polycentric, pair

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Knee Joints, Polycentric, Below-Knee cost?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$427 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$631 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,162Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $316 to $891
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $708professional $631

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
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.7 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$631

HI $1,096DE $295

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.