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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Michigan 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$39.81$35.48 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$40.74 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $40 to $282Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $32 to $69
$1$10$100facility $83professional $40

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
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Oklahoma. 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.

Michigan· 24th of 51

$40.74

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.