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Prosthetic Foot, Flex-Walk System

Louisiana 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,042 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,042$1,585 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$3,162 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $6,026Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $2,951
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $2,042

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
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$2,570

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.