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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 July 2026.

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

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$74.13$60.26 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$102 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $76 to $295Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $55 to $110
$50$100$200$500facility $129professional $74

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
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$75.86

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.