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Prosthetic Knee, Polycentric, Mechanical Stance Lock

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5816

Addition, endoskeletal knee-shin system, polycentric, mechanical stance phase lock

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prosthetic Knee, Polycentric, Mechanical Stance Lock cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$631$501 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$708 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,089Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $427 to $977
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $631

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
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.5 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$661

HI $2,042DE $457

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.