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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Georgia rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$95.50$72.44 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$72.44 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $72 to $661Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $63 to $178
$50$100$200$500facility $178professional $95

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
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 19th of 51

$97.72

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.