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Gelatin Capsules or Equivalent for Voice Prosthesis

Pennsylvania 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?

$1.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.29 from a physician practice, and about $2.57 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 9 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$1.29$1.12 to $1.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.57$1.12 to $7.94

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $13Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3professional $1

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
$1.00
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.90
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.57
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.79
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$2.69

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$1.29

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.