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Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $57.54 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$42.66$38.90 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$43.65 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $39 to $115Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $37 to $62
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $58professional $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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$218.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$56.23
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
$5.62
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th 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.