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Tracheostoma Filter

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4481

Tracheostoma filter, any type, any size, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostoma Filter cost?

$0.41

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.39 from a physician practice, and about $0.45 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$0.39$0.32 to $0.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.45$0.36 to $0.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.2$1$5$20facility $0professional $0

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
$0.45
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.39
Median
$0.39
Typical High
$0.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.27
Typical High
$0.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.18
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.37
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Kansas than in Nebraska. 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· 10th of 51

$0.41

KS $5.01NE $0.18

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.