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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Connecticut 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 6 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$35.48$31.62 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$44.67 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $37 to $79Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $66
$50$100$200facility $47professional $35

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$35.48
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 42nd of 51

$35.48

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.