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Artificial Cornea

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$7,943

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,943 from a physician practice, and about $23,442 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$7,943$6,607 to $7,943
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23,442$8,710 to $33,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23,442 · 10th to 90th $6,607 to $64,565Professionalmedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $5,248 to $9,120
$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $23,442professional $7,943

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
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$81,283.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$11,481.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$32,359.37
Typical High
$64,565.42
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$33,884.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$7,943

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.