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Artificial Cornea

Illinois rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$4,169

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,169 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$4,169$3,890 to $6,607
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$3,890 to $16,982

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $43,652Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $7,943
$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $7,943professional $4,169

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
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$69,183.10
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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$10,964.78
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$4,169

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.