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Artificial Larynx

South Dakota rates for HCPCS L8500

Artificial larynx, any type

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Larynx cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 7 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$776$676 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$676 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,549Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $776

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$776

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.