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Artificial Cornea

Colorado rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 7 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$3,467 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,981 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $9,120Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $5,888
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $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
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,265.80
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
$7,413.10
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,000.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$16,982.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 39th of 51

$3,981

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.