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Artificial Larynx

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L8500

Artificial larynx, any type

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artificial Larynx cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$603$562 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$437 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $257 to $708Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $398 to $708
$500$1Kfacility $589professional $603

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
14 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
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SH · Second concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SJ · Third+ concurrent infusion
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$603

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.