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Prosthetic Sheath, Below Knee

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L8400

Prosthetic sheath, below knee (BK), each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Prosthetic Sheath, Below Knee cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$18.20$14.79 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$15.85 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $85Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $18

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
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.05
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
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.58

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.0 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· 8th of 51

$19.05

HI $31.62DE $10.47

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.