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Artificial Cornea

Idaho rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$5,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,754 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 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 8 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$5,754$4,266 to $7,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$5,248 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $9,550Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $8,710
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $5,754

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
$3,981.07
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,762.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$6,606.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$20,417.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 13th of 51

$5,754

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.