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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

New Jersey rates for HCPCS L8501

Tracheostomy speaking valve

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheostomy Speaking Valve cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$75.86$64.57 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$53.70 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $54 to $148Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $54 to $112
$50$100$200$500facility $54professional $76

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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$75.86

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.