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Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder

Alabama rates for HCPCS A7526

Tracheostomy tube collar/holder, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder cost?

$2.40

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.29 to $3.80.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $3Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5facility $3professional $2

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.88
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
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12 + 21 + 22 · Increased work + 31 + 32 · Mandated service + 41 + 52 · Reduced service + 93 · Audio-only telehealth
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$2.40

KS $5.25NJ $2.40

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.