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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Alaska rates for HCPCS L8615

Headset/headpiece for use with cochlear implant device, replacement

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement cost?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $158 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$275 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$158 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $158 to $537Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $158professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$616.60

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. 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.

Alaska· 32nd of 51

$295

WI $550NE $240

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.