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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Arizona 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 5 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$36.31$29.51 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$36.31 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $20 to $145Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $26 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $65professional $36

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
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$154.88
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
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$37.15

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.