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Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button

Kentucky rates for HCPCS A7524

Tracheostoma stent/stud/button, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$69.18$53.70 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$69.18 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $60 to $151Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $49 to $89
$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $69

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
5 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
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Idaho 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.

Kentucky· 27th of 51

$69.18

ID $115CO $46.77

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.