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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Kansas 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$33.11 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$53.70 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $49 to $59Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $33 to $62
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $50

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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
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
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
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
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.01

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 14th of 51

$53.70

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.