go back

Endoskeletal Knee, Polycentric, Friction Swing and Stance

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5818

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 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 5 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$676$550 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$813 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,089Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $479 to $977
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $676

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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.0 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$676

HI $2,042NE $513

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.