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Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis

Massachusetts 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$42.66 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$81.28 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $69 to $224Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $33 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $107professional $66

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
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
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
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$16.98

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$70.79

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.