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All Lower Extremity Prostheses, Foot, Multiaxial Ankle/Foot

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L5978

All lower extremity prostheses, foot, multiaxial ankle/foot

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$229$178 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$245 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $234 to $724Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $145 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $331professional $229

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.2 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

$234

HI $646DE $155

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.