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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

New Mexico 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$302$295 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$288 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $158 to $562Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $240 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $389professional $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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
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
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 26th of 51

$324

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.