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Knee Joints, Polycentric, Below-Knee

Louisiana 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$427$339 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$617 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,585Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $295 to $575
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $427

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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$447

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.