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Exoskeletal Below-Knee System, Ultra-Light

Iowa rates for HCPCS L5785

Addition, exoskeletal system, below knee (BK), ultra-light material (titanium, carbon fiber or equal)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Exoskeletal Below-Knee System, Ultra-Light cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 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 $550 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 7 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$490$324 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$457 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,660Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $302 to $794
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $490

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
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$490

HI $724DE $282

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.