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North Carolina 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$50.12$42.66 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$43.65 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $27 to $110Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $32 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $55professional $50

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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$51.29
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
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$50.12

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.