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Louisiana 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 5 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$39.81$36.31 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$44.67 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $32 to $117Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $24 to $51
$20$50$100facility $45professional $40

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
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.02

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$40.74

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.