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Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube Plug/Stop

South Carolina rates for HCPCS A7527

Tracheostomy/laryngectomy tube plug/stop, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $3.98 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.72$2.75 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.98$3.47 to $4.90

How much rates vary

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

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$6.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.24

Where South Carolina sits

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

South Carolina· 15th of 51

$3.98

KS $5.75CO $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.