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Alaska rates for HCPCS A7522

Tracheostomy/laryngectomy tube, stainless steel or equal (sterilizable and reusable), each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does HCPCS A7522 cost?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$60.26$27.54 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$17.38 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $65Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $19 to $95
$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $60

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$208.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$66.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Kansas 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.

Alaska· 10th of 51

$53.70

KS $75.86CO $32.36

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.