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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Michigan rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$87.10$70.79 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$95.50 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $83 to $589Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $54 to $145
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $87

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
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
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
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$87.10

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.