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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 October 2026.

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

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$36.31 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $36 to $83Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $30 to $74
$20$50facility $45professional $56

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Florida. 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.

Arkansas· 13th of 51

$56.23

HI $81.28FL $33.11

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.