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Artificial Cornea

New York rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,266 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 9 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$4,266$3,802 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,802 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $12,882Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $11,482
$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,786professional $4,266

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
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$30,199.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,589.25
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where New York 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 York· 28th of 51

$4,266

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.