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Tracheostoma Filter

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4481

Tracheostoma filter, any type, any size, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostoma Filter cost?

$0.39

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.39 from a physician practice, and about $0.31 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.39$0.34 to $0.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.31$0.29 to $0.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.2$0.5$1facility $0professional $0

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
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$0.52
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.29
Typical High
$0.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.34
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$1.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.25
Typical High
$0.33
3 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$0.17
Median
$0.17
Typical High
$0.17

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in Kansas than in New Hampshire. 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$0.39

KS $3.55NH $0.21

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.