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Iowa rates for HCPCS L8515

Gelatin capsule, application device for use with tracheo-esophageal voice prosthesis, each

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does HCPCS L8515 cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$51.29 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$75.86 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $51 to $355Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $38 to $105
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$109.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
2 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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.46

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Montana than in West 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$75.86

MT $81.28WV $37.15

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.