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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Indiana 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$38.90$37.15 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$50.12 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $45 to $219Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $33 to $71
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $71professional $39

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
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$346.74
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.17

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 37th of 51

$38.90

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.