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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Alaska rates for HCPCS L5686

Addition to lower extremity, below knee (BK), back check (extension control)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$44.67$37.15 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$19.95 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $20 to $76Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $33 to $102
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $41professional $45

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$234.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$147.91

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $44.67 · 18th of 51
HI $81.28OK $31.62

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.