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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Iowa 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$45.71$34.67 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$51.29 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $42 to $166Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $26 to $85
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $58professional $46

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
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$109.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$69.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $51.29 · 13th 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.