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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Colorado 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 Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 7 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$33.11 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$36.31 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $20 to $93Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $28 to $50
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $55professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
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
$64.57
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $36.31 · 39th 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.