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Artificial Larynx

Iowa rates for HCPCS L8500

Artificial larynx, any type

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artificial Larynx cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$589 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$891 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,074Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $891

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
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
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
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Iowa than in Florida. 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.

Iowa· 1st of 51

$891

IA $891FL $447

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.