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Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button

South Carolina rates for HCPCS A7524

Tracheostoma stent/stud/button, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button cost?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $100 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$77.62$67.61 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$87.10 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $47 to $117Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $49 to $110
$50$100$200facility $100professional $78

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
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
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$77.62

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.