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All Lower Extremity Prostheses, Foot, Multiaxial Ankle/Foot

Alabama rates for HCPCS L5978

All lower extremity prostheses, foot, multiaxial ankle/foot

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does All Lower Extremity Prostheses, Foot, Multiaxial Ankle/Foot cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $295.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $245 to $269Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $145 to $295
$200$500facility $245professional $178

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12 + 21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 32 · Mandated service + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Hawaii than in Tennessee. 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$195

HI $646TN $178

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.