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Endoskeletal Below-Knee System, Ultra-Light

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5940

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$437$295 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$457 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,349Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $257 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $437

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$447

HI $708DE $269

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.