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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$145$120 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$145 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,175Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $105 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $145

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$199.53

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$145

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.