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Below-Knee Fork Strap

Louisiana 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 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 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$35.48$28.18 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$39.81 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $37 to $115Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $24 to $54
$20$50$100facility $52professional $35

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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
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
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$37.15

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.