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Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A7526

Tracheostomy tube collar/holder, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Tube Collar/Holder cost?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.88 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.88$2.34 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$7.08 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $4 to $91Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $91professional $3

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
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
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
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
$1.35
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.54
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.27
Median
$0.34
Typical High
$0.37

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$3.02

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.