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Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube, Noncuffed

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A7520

Tracheostomy/laryngectomy tube, noncuffed, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), silicone or equal, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube, Noncuffed cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$33.11 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$53.70 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $49 to $115Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $26 to $47
$20$50$100facility $54professional $40

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
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$40.74
4 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
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.25

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$41.69

KS $79.43AL $33.88

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.