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Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis

Iowa rates for HCPCS L8511

Insert for indwelling tracheo-esophageal prosthesis, with or without valve, replacement only, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis cost?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$58.88 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$87.10 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $60 to $407Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $44 to $117
$50$100$200$500facility $98professional $87

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.41

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Montana than in South Carolina. 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$87.10

MT $93.33SC $46.77

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.