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Tracheostomy Cleaning Brush

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A4626

Tracheostomy cleaning brush, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Cleaning Brush cost?

$2.88

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $2.69 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$2.88$2.29 to $3.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.69$2.09 to $3.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$0.5$1$2$5facility $3professional $3

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
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.51
7 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.42
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$4.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Montana 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· 23rd of 51

$2.88

MT $4.68NH $2.24

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.