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Artificial Cornea

Montana rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$6,607

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,607 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,457 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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$6,457$4,169 to $7,762
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$6,166 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $9,772Professionalmedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $15,136
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $6,457

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$11,220.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th 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.