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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Colorado 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 7 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$275$245 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$275 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $158 to $708Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $229 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $275

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
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
$512.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 41st of 51

$275

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.