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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Maine 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $631 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$427$295 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$389 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $363 to $724Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $245 to $468
$200$500$1Kfacility $631professional $427

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
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
$389.05
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 13th of 51

$427

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.