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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Colorado rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$72.44$67.61 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$72.44 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $47 to $204Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $56 to $110
$50$100$200$500facility $112professional $72

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$138.04
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
$151.36
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 44th of 51

$75.86

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.