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Artificial Cornea

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$6,607

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,607 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,607 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$6,607$3,715 to $6,761
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,388 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $19,953Professionalmedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $10,233
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $6,607

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
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$37,153.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,232.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$37,153.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$6,607

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.