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Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube, Cuffed

Iowa rates for HCPCS A7521

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube, Cuffed cost?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$63.10$39.81 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$54.95 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $45 to $309Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $33 to $93
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $63

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
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
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$64.57

KS $79.43NJ $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.