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Artificial Cornea

Connecticut rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 5 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$3,715$3,388 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$4,365 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $5,370Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $7,413
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $3,715

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 48th of 51

$3,715

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.