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Exoskeletal Knee, Polycentric, Friction Swing and Stance

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L5718

Addition, exoskeletal knee-shin system, polycentric, friction swing and stance phase control

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Exoskeletal Knee, Polycentric, Friction Swing and Stance cost?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 6 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$813$631 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$724 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,138Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $490 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $813

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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Hawaii than in Nebraska. 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· 18th of 51

$813

HI $1,660NE $490

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.