Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC Trach-Esoph Voice Pros MD In
Augusta, GA
See all hospitals reporting HCPCS L8509 →Price type
Piedmont Augusta’s median price of $101 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($177), higher than 3% of the 1,277 hospitals reporting HCPCS L8509. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bcbs Sc bcbs south carolina exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 2 | Caresource caresource medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $64 | $64 | — | — | — | $64 – $64 |
| 3 | Anthem anthem pathway percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $74 | $74 | — | — | — | $74 – $74 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross south carolina percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $91 | $91 | — | — | — | $91 – $91 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ppo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $91 | $91 | — | — | — | $91 – $91 |
| 7 | Medcost medcost percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $109 | $109 | — | — | — | $109 – $109 |
| 8 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $120 | $120 | — | — | — | $120 – $120 |
| 9 | Phcs phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $120 | $120 | — | — | — | $120 – $120 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs south carolina shp percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $136 | $136 | — | — | — | $136 – $136 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $186 | $186 | — | — | — | $186 – $186 |
| 12 | Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $202 | $202 | — | — | — | $202 – $202 |
| 13 | First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $232 | $232 | — | — | — | $232 – $232 |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
See Medium implanted voice valve between windpipe and food pipe pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.