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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Utah 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 7 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 $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$19.95 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $20 to $72Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $20 to $66
$20$50$100facility $45professional $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
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
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
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.40

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 23rd of 51

$44.67

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.