Reimbursement for prosthetics can vary a lot depending on the patient population you're talking about. An elderly diabetic who rarely leaves home and loses a le

Reimbursement for prosthetics can vary a lot depending on the patient population you're talking about. An elderly diabetic who rarely leaves home and loses a leg would be lucky to get something halfway wearable. But for young, active people, a lot of insurance companies regard a C-Leg (which costs something like $50,000 altogether) as pretty much standard. (I say that as a C-Leg owner.) Prosthetic legs aren't phenomenal, but they're way ahead of arms. I think the combination of this new arm (which may be the first that's both highly wearable and produces serious functionality improvements) and a high-visibility patient population that skews young and active spells good things for reimbursement.