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Tracheostomy/Laryngectomy Tube Plug/Stop

Virginia rates for HCPCS A7527

Tracheostomy/laryngectomy tube plug/stop, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$3.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $3.89 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 8 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$3.24$3.09 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.89$3.31 to $5.25

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4professional $3

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
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.47
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
$2.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.31
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$17.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$4.07

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$3.24

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.