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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Alabama 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 Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $28.18 to $51.29.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $41 to $71Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $26 to $51
$0.1$1$10$100facility $46professional $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
$25.70
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
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
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Oklahoma. 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$44.67

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.