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Tracheostoma Heat and Moisture Exchange Filter

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A7504

Filter for use in a tracheostoma heat and moisture exchange system, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostoma Heat and Moisture Exchange Filter cost?

$0.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.72 from a physician practice, and about $0.58 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$0.72$0.65 to $0.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.58$0.51 to $0.83

How much rates vary

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

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
$0.83
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$0.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.59
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$0.83
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$1.00
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.58
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.58
Typical High
$0.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.26
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.60
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
$0.35
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$1.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.50

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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· 19th of 51

$0.72

KS $4.68AL $0.49

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.