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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 5 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$79.43$70.79 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$110 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $83 to $245Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $48 to $120
$50$100$200facility $126professional $79

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
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
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
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$83.18

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.