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Below-Knee Fork Strap

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS L5684

Addition to lower extremity, below knee (BK), fork strap

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Below-Knee Fork Strap cost?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$30.90$28.84 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$30.90 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $31 to $93Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $27 to $35
$20$50$100facility $31professional $31

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 5.5 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.

Washington, DC· 41st of 51

$30.90

HI $141DE $25.70

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.