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Artificial Cornea

Kentucky rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, 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 $4,365 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 6 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$3,802 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,802 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $10,965Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $5,248
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $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
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$13,803.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$35,481.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 38th 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.