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Fitting Of A Specialty Contact Lens For Keratoconus

Iowa rates for HCPCS 92072

This service is the fitting of a specialized contact lens for a person with keratoconus, a condition in which the cornea becomes thin and develops an irregular, cone-like shape. The lens is custom-fitted to improve vision by compensating for the cornea's irregular surface, and this covers the initial fitting process.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fitting Of A Specialty Contact Lens For Keratoconus cost?

$166

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $214.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $151 to $309Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $105 to $240
$100$200$500facility $234professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Iowa· 3rd of 51

$166

AK $331NJ $81.28

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.