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Massachusetts 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$52.48$37.15 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$69.18 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $55 to $166Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $29 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $83professional $52

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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$147.91
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$239.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$14.79

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$61.66

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.