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Artificial Larynx Replacement Battery/Accessory

California rates for HCPCS L8505

Artificial larynx replacement battery/accessory, any type

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Larynx Replacement Battery/Accessory cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 8 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$14.45$0.79 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$47.86 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $45 to $141Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $1 to $59
$1$5$20$100facility $56professional $14

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
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$79.43

Where California sits

The same service costs 501.2 times more in Ohio than in Iowa. 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.

California· 6th of 51

$50.12

OH $398IA $0.79

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.