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Endoskeletal Knee, Polycentric, Friction Swing and Stance

Massachusetts 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?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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 9 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$1,288$676 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,479 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,090Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $1,288

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
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,137.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 2nd of 51

$1,349

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.