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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Nevada 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$43.65$30.90 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$44.67 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $36 to $107Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $24 to $76
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $76professional $44

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$128.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
6 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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$6.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 26th of 51

$43.65

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.