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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Arizona rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$87.10$64.57 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$72.44 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $47 to $295Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $48 to $174
$50$100$200$500facility $138professional $87

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 28th of 51

$87.10

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.