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Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L8511

Insert for indwelling tracheo-esophageal prosthesis, with or without valve, replacement only, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$81.28$64.57 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$74.13 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $74 to $398Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $39 to $126
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $87professional $81

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Montana than in South Carolina. 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· 3rd of 51

$87.10

MT $93.33SC $46.77

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.