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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Louisiana 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 5 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$302$251 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$363 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $316 to $977Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $229 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $302

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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
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
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$316

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.