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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

South Dakota 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 7 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$537$447 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$437 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,072Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $427 to $794
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $537

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 3rd of 51

$537

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.