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Below-Knee Suspension/Sealing Sleeve

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L5685

Addition to lower extremity prosthesis, below knee (BK), suspension/sealing sleeve, with or without valve, any material, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Below-Knee Suspension/Sealing Sleeve cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $155 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$141$115 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$129 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $129 to $724Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $69 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $155professional $141

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
4 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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Montana than in Florida. 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· 5th of 51

$155

MT $158FL $72.44

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.