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Tracheostoma Stent/Stud/Button

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $67.61 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$67.61$53.70 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$63.10 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $55 to $200Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $45 to $110
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $78professional $68

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$114.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$72.44
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$239.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
6 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
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 30th 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.