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Below Elbow, Split Socket, Step-Up Hinges

Iowa rates for HCPCS L6120

Below elbow, molded double wall split socket, step-up hinges, half cuff

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Below Elbow, Split Socket, Step-Up Hinges cost?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$3,388$2,138 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$3,388 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $15,136Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $3,388

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
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.2 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$3,388

HI $4,169DE $1,288

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.