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Preparatory Below-Knee, Laminated Socket

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L5540

Preparatory, below knee (BK) PTB type socket, nonalignable system, pylon, no cover, SACH foot, laminated socket, molded to model

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Preparatory Below-Knee, Laminated Socket cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$2,291$1,778 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$2,089 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $2,291

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Hawaii 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$2,399

HI $3,162DE $1,175

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.