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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

North Dakota rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$135$105 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$105 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $105 to $178Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $87 to $178
$50$100$200$500facility $105professional $135

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$135

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.