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Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube Plug/Stop

Nebraska rates for HCPCS A7527

Tracheostomy/laryngectomy tube plug/stop, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $5.62 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.16$2.34 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.62$4.07 to $7.94

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $79Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $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
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.45
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
$0.49
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.66

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$3.89

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.