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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 July 2026.

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

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 7 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$2,692$1,995 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,818 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,786
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $2,692

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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. 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· 14th of 51

$2,818

WI $4,074NE $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.