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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Arkansas rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $380,189 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 4 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$75.86$64.57 to $81.28
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380,189$195 to $758,578

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380,189 · 10th to 90th $81 to $891,251Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $47 to $129
$100$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $380,189professional $76

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218,776.16
Median
$524,807.46
Typical High
$954,992.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$81.28

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.