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Below-Knee Fork Strap

South 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 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$30.20$25.70 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$25.70 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $26 to $79Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $26 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $39professional $30

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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$32.36

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.