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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Illinois 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$363$269 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$269 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,818Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $257 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $363

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 17th of 51

$380

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.