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Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A7524

Tracheostoma stent/stud/button, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$83.18$70.79 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$29.51 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $30 to $115Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $51 to $95
$50$100facility $95professional $83

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
7 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
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$83.18

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.