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Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder

Iowa rates for HCPCS A7526

Tracheostomy tube collar/holder, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder cost?

$4.68

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.68 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $5.25 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.57$2.88 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.25$4.07 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $79Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $5

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
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$7.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$4.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
4 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
$1.32
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.52
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.47
Typical High
$0.47

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$4.68

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.