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Artificial Larynx

South Carolina rates for HCPCS L8500

Artificial larynx, any type

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Larynx cost?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$417$355 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$355 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,072Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $347 to $603
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $417

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$417

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.