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Tracheo-Esophageal Voice Prosthesis, Provider Inserted

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8509

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $132 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$69.18 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$132 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $107 to $224Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $58 to $105
$50$100$200facility $132professional $89

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Montana than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$95.50

MT $141KY $70.79

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.