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Prosthetic Foot, Flex-Walk System

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L5981

All lower extremity prostheses, flex-walk system or equal

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Prosthetic Foot, Flex-Walk System cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 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$3,802$2,884 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$3,467 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $18,197Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,026
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $3,802

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
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$33,884.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Wisconsin 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· 4th of 51

$3,981

WI $4,074DE $1,585

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.