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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

New York 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 9 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$380$269 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$316 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $229 to $813Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $229 to $832
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $355professional $380

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
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$977.24
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$870.96
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19

Where New York 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 York· 18th of 51

$372

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.