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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$79.43$72.44 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$79.43 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $79 to $219Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $63 to $132
$50$100$200facility $110professional $79

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 32nd 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.