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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Massachusetts 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 8 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$457$257 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$550 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,047Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $234 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $457

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$741.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
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
$630.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 5th of 51

$468

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.