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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 July 2026.

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

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 6 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$50.12$41.69 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$60.26 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $52 to $191Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $38 to $76
$50$100$200$500facility $79professional $50

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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.7 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· 24th of 51

$52.48

KS $107DE $39.81

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.