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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Idaho 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$50.12 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$60.26 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $45 to $126Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $31 to $98
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $74professional $65

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$4,677.35
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
9 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
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 10th of 51

$66.07

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.