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All Lower Extremity Prostheses, Foot, Multiaxial Ankle/Foot

North Carolina 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$204 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$195 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $112 to $269Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $174 to $295
$200$500facility $245professional $269

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
14 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
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$354.81

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$263

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.