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Endoskeletal Knee, Powered Flexion/Extension Assist

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5859

Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, endoskeletal knee-shin system, powered and programmable flexion/extension assist control, includes any type motor(s)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Endoskeletal Knee, Powered Flexion/Extension Assist cost?

$10,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9,772 from a physician practice, and about $15,488 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$9,772$8,318 to $12,882
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15,488$12,303 to $22,387

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $10,000 to $30,200Professionalmedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $7,586 to $14,791
$100$1K$10Kfacility $15,488professional $9,772

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
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$36,307.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Kansas than in California. 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· 22nd of 51

$10,000

KS $21,380CA $7,586

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.