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Artificial Cornea

Alabama rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$5,012

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,631 to $6,607.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $8,128Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $6,607
$10$100$1Kfacility $5,248professional $4,898

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 15th of 51

$5,012

MN $7,943DE $3,467

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.