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Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button

North Carolina rates for HCPCS A7524

Tracheostoma stent/stud/button, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$87.10$72.44 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$75.86 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $45 to $191Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $54 to $95
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $95professional $87

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Colorado. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Carolina $87.10 · 12th of 51
WI $110CO $48.98

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.