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Artificial Cornea

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, 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 $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 8 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$3,467 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$3,467 to $28,840

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $40,738Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $7,762
$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762professional $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
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
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
$4,365.16
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$44,668.36
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 45th 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.