go back

Prosthetic Sheath/Sock with Gel Cushion, Below or Above Knee

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8417

Prosthetic sheath/sock, including a gel cushion layer, below knee (BK) or above knee (AK), each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Prosthetic Sheath/Sock with Gel Cushion, Below or Above Knee cost?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$52.48$39.81 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$110 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $56 to $457Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $37 to $66
$50$100$200$500facility $457professional $52

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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
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
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.59

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Kansas 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

$60.26

KS $107DE $38.90

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.