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Knee Joints, Polycentric, Below-Knee

South Carolina 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$309$263 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$263 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $263 to $813Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $309

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$331

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.