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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Nebraska 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$33.11 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$72.44 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $45 to $331Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $26 to $91
$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $46

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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$51.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
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
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.01

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$46.77

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.