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Prosthetic Shrinker, Upper Limb

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8465

Prosthetic shrinker, upper limb, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prosthetic Shrinker, Upper Limb cost?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 5 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$36.31$33.11 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$40.74 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $38 to $117Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $29 to $55
$20$50$100facility $54professional $36

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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$38.02

WI $75.86NE $28.84

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.