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Tracheostomy Speaking Valve

West Virginia 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 West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$72.44$70.79 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$70.79 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $71 to $288Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $47 to $110
$50$100$200$500facility $288professional $72

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
$70.79
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$758.58
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 48th 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.