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Stoma Plug or Seal

Tennessee rates for HCPCS A5081

Stoma plug or seal, any type

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stoma Plug or Seal cost?

$2.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.57 from a physician practice, and about $4.07 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$2.57$2.29 to $3.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$2.57 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $85Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $3

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
$2.29
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.63

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii 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.

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$2.57

HI $5.50CO $2.09

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.