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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Georgia 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$37.15 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $36 to $229Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $135
$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $46

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$288.40
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$83.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$77.62
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
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.07

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$45.71

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.