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Prosthetic Foot, Flex-Walk System

Iowa rates for HCPCS L5981

All lower extremity prostheses, flex-walk system or equal

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Prosthetic Foot, Flex-Walk System cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,981$2,570 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,981 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $18,197Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,370
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $3,981

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
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,025.60
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
4 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
$794.33
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$3,981

WI $4,074DE $1,585

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.