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Cochlear Implant Headset or Headpiece, Replacement

Tennessee 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 5 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$257$240 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$324 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,570Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $234 to $457
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $257

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 49th of 51

$257

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.