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Tracheo-Esophageal Voice Prosthesis, Provider Inserted

Iowa rates for HCPCS L8509

Tracheo-esophageal voice prosthesis, inserted by a licensed health care provider, any type

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheo-Esophageal Voice Prosthesis, Provider Inserted cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 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$97.72$64.57 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$97.72 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $81 to $331Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $58 to $219
$50$100$200$500facility $110professional $98

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
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$218.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Minnesota 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$102

MN $151NE $57.54

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.