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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Minnesota 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $933 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$550$457 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$550 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,467Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $550

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
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$550

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.