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Artificial Cornea

Michigan rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$4,467$4,074 to $7,943
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$4,467 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $7,943Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $7,943
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $4,467

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
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
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$16,595.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 19th of 51

$4,467

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.