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Tracheo-Esophageal Puncture Dilator, Replacement Only

Louisiana rates for HCPCS L8514

Tracheo-esophageal puncture dilator, replacement only, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tracheo-Esophageal Puncture Dilator, Replacement Only cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$63.10$52.48 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$75.86 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $66 to $204Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $48 to $95
$50$100$200facility $93professional $63

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Kansas 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· 23rd of 51

$66.07

KS $123DE $50.12

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.