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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 9 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$148$85.11 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$95.50 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $85 to $741Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $79 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $129professional $148

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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$741.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$741.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 2nd of 51

$148

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.