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Tracheo-Esophageal Voice Prosthesis, Provider Inserted

South 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$58.88 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$77.62 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $59 to $1,202Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $56 to $112
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $138professional $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
$58.88
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 28th of 51

$77.62

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.