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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Pennsylvania 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$263$240 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$240 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,818Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $219 to $447
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $562professional $263

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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
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
$389.05
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 46th of 51

$263

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.