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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

South Carolina 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $363 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$275$245 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$245 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $245 to $676Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $229 to $417
$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $275

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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$288

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.