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Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$44.67 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$112 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $87 to $229Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $43 to $76
$50$100$200facility $158professional $66

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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st 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.