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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Alaska rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 6 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$91.20$85.11 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$46.77 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $47 to $141Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $72 to $145
$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $91

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$263.03

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. 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.

Alaska· 26th of 51

$91.20

WI $148NE $63.10

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.