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Artificial Cornea

Arkansas rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $398,107 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 4 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$3,981$3,388 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398,107$151,356 to $794,328

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398,107 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $933,254Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $5,129
$5K$20K$100K$500Kfacility $398,107professional $3,981

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
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218,776.16
Median
$524,807.46
Typical High
$954,992.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 25th of 51

$4,365

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.