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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Arkansas 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $380,189 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 4 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$33.88$26.30 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380,189$83.18 to $758,578

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380,189 · 10th to 90th $36 to $891,251Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $20 to $49
$0.1$10.0$1.0K$100.0Kfacility $380,189professional $34

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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218,776.16
Median
$524,807.46
Typical High
$954,992.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas $36.31 · 41st 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.