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Fitting Of A Specialty Contact Lens For Keratoconus

Missouri 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?

$110

Typical physician fee. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $81 to $417Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $81 to $191
$100$200$500facility $182professional $110

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
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
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
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 35th of 51

$110

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.