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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Iowa 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$407$269 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$398 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,349Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $240 to $631
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $407

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
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$407

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.