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Tracheo-Esophageal Voice Prosthesis, Provider Inserted

North Carolina 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$75.86 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$97.72 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $63 to $501Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $59 to $107
$50$100$200$500facility $117professional $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
$97.72
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$97.72

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.