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Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis

Nebraska 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$58.88$43.65 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$95.50 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $69 to $407Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $34 to $120
$50$100$200$500facility $98professional $59

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
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
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.61

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$60.26

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.