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Tracheo-Esophageal Puncture Dilator, Replacement Only

Nebraska rates for HCPCS L8514

Tracheo-esophageal puncture dilator, replacement only, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $126 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$75.86$56.23 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$123 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $91 to $537Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $45 to $155
$50$100$200$500facility $126professional $76

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
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
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Montana than in Virginia. 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· 24th of 51

$77.62

MT $120VA $61.66

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.