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Artificial Larynx

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8500

Artificial larynx, any type

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Larynx cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 5 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$513$427 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$589 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,660Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $331 to $776
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $513

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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Kansas than in Nevada. 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$537

KS $813NV $389

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.