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Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube Plug/Stop

Kansas rates for HCPCS A7527

Tracheostomy/laryngectomy tube plug/stop, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube Plug/Stop cost?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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$5.75$3.02 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$6.03 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $6

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
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.24
2 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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.66

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Kansas than in Delaware. 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$5.75

KS $5.75DE $2.57

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.