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Below-Knee Prosthesis Protective Cover, Custom-Shaped

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L5704

Custom shaped protective cover, below knee (BK)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Below-Knee Prosthesis Protective Cover, Custom-Shaped cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $398 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$490$398 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$363 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $204 to $479Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $302 to $490
$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $490

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
14 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
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Hawaii than in Delaware. 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 51

$490

HI $794DE $288

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.