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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

Nebraska rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$63.10$63.10 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$112 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $93 to $295Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $56 to $110
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $63

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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$389.05
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$63.10

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.