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Gelatin Capsules or Equivalent for Voice Prosthesis

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L8512

Gelatin capsules or equivalent, for use with tracheo-esophageal voice prosthesis, replacement only, per 10

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gelatin Capsules or Equivalent for Voice Prosthesis cost?

$2.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.24 from a physician practice, and about $2.40 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.24$1.23 to $2.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.40$1.12 to $5.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $79Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$3.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$3.02
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.39
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.24

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Kansas 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$2.24

KS $2.82DE $1.15

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.