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Artificial Cornea

Iowa rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,888 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$5,888$3,890 to $6,918
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$5,495 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $19,498Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $9,120
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $5,888

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,762.47
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
$4,570.88
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$33,884.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$5,888

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.