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Below-Knee Back Check, Extension Control

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 8 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$40.74$38.90 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$51.29 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $41 to $100Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $33 to $68
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $79professional $41

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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$81.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$229.09
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$60.26

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Oklahoma. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Virginia $40.74 · 22nd of 51
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.