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Tracheo-Esophageal Voice Prosthesis, Provider Inserted

Maryland 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?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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 6 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$69.18$60.26 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$89.13 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $78 to $933Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $56 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $91professional $69

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
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$69.18

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.