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Artificial Cornea

North Dakota rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$7,244

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,244 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,413 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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$7,413$5,754 to $8,913
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$5,754 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $5,754 to $7,943Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $9,772
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $7,413

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
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$29,512.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
$4,365.16
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$7,244

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.