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Artificial Cornea

New Jersey rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$3,802$3,388 to $5,129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,818 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $7,762Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $6,166
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $3,802

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
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 47th of 51

$3,802

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.