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Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8511

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$48.98$40.74 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$58.88 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $50 to $158Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $37 to $74
$50$100$200facility $72professional $49

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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$60.26

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Delaware. 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· 27th of 51

$50.12

WI $89.13DE $38.02

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.