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Endoskeletal Below-Knee, Flexible Protective Cover

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5962

Addition, endoskeletal system, below knee (BK), flexible protective outer surface covering system

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Endoskeletal Below-Knee, Flexible Protective Cover cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 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 $955 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$437$331 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$617 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,549Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $331 to $617
$500$1K$2Kfacility $955professional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Iowa 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· 36th of 51

$447

IA $933DE $331

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.