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Below-Knee Fork Strap

Iowa 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 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$42.66$28.84 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$43.65 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $38 to $162Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $25 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $43

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
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$58.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$45.71

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.