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Artificial Cornea

Utah rates for HCPCS L8609

Artificial cornea

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Cornea cost?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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 7 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$4,467$3,236 to $8,128
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$2,239 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,248Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $33,113
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239professional $4,467

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
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$33,113.11
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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,709.64
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,128.31
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 23rd of 51

$4,365

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.