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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Kentucky rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$85.11$70.79 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$83.18 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $83 to $245Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $71 to $112
$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $85

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 36th of 51

$85.11

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.