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Below-Knee Fork Strap

North Carolina 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 6 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$30.90 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$38.90 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $26 to $115Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $26 to $45
$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$42.66

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.