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Texas 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $42.66 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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$42.66$37.15 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$40.74 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $33 to $78Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $34 to $562
$20$50$100$200$500facility $44professional $43

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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
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
$43.65
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$51.29
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.76

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 32nd of 51

$42.66

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.