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Minnesota rates for HCPCS L8515

Gelatin capsule, application device for use with tracheo-esophageal voice prosthesis, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does HCPCS L8515 cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$69.18$56.23 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$64.57 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $65 to $347Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $34 to $112
$20$50$100$200$500facility $76professional $69

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$69.18
4 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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Montana than in West Virginia. 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· 7th of 51

$75.86

MT $81.28WV $37.15

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.