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Knee Joints, Polycentric, Below-Knee

Minnesota 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$617$479 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$562 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,020Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $295 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $617

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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
8 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$646

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.