go back

Insert for Indwelling Tracheo-Esophageal Prosthesis

Texas 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?

$58.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$58.88$50.12 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$47.86 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $38 to $89Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $39 to $661
$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
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
$69.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$89.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
8 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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$7.76

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 27th of 51

$58.88

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.