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Gelatin Capsules or Equivalent for Voice Prosthesis

Minnesota 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?

$2.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.63 from a physician practice, and about $4.57 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 6 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$2.63$2.19 to $2.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.57$2.63 to $9.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $21Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $3

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
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.17
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$3.63

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$2.63

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.