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Tracheostomy, Inner Cannula

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4623

Tracheostomy, inner cannula

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy, Inner Cannula cost?

$6.31

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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 7 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$6.17$5.50 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$6.03 to $9.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $6

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
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.89
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$69.18

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Colorado. 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· 13th of 51

$6.31

WI $9.12CO $3.98

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.