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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 July 2026.

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

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $646 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 5 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$427$295 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$457 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,413Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $251 to $646
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $427

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.2 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

$427

HI $1,096DE $263

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.