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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Tennessee 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 5 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$31.62$26.30 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$40.74 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $26 to $363Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $26 to $51
$20$50$100$200$500facility $47professional $32

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
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 49th of 51

$32.36

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.