Crutch extension for underarm crutch

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Axillary crutch extension

Payers reporting HCPCS L0978

Payer pricing summary

Low

$77

Average

$280

Median

$241

High

$622

Payer rate distribution

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1	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	359	$228	$281	$215	76%	—	$110 – $3.5k
2	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	356	$223	$235	$62	26%	—	$37 – $782
3	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	317	$222	$345	$367	106%	—	$119 – $1.7k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	218	$227	$325	$187	57%	—	$0 – $1.1k
5	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	208	$232	$240	$37	15%	—	$217 – $432
6	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	165	$221	$228	$13	6%	—	$213 – $301
7	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	138	$334	$318	$118	37%	—	$156 – $594
8	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	116	$231	$231	$11	5%	—	$221 – $304
9	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	102	$232	$266	$79	30%	—	$213 – $677
10	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	81	$221	$317	$305	96%	—	$147 – $1.7k
11	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	64	$226	$392	$284	73%	—	$213 – $1.7k
12	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	46	$416	$423	$81	19%	—	$217 – $553
13	Superior Healthplan fee schedule · outpatient	40	$238	$238	$1	0%	—	$222 – $238
14	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	37	$221	$227	$14	6%	—	$217 – $295
15	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	36	$232	$280	$96	34%	—	$222 – $501
16	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	33	$221	$299	$119	40%	—	$213 – $566
17	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	28	$221	$244	$65	27%	—	$147 – $357
18	Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	22	$236	$219	$66	30%	—	$77 – $489
19	Regence facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	19	$230	$226	$10	4%	—	$196 – $234
20	Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	18	$265	$261	$7	3%	—	$247 – $265
21	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient	18	$222	$222	—	—	—	$222 – $222
22	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	18	$213	$213	$2	1%	—	$213 – $217
23	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	16	$238	$230	$14	6%	—	$199 – $243
24	Medical Mutual facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	15	$231	$267	$66	25%	—	$126 – $365
25	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	14	$417	$408	$168	41%	—	$221 – $686

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