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Aqueous Shunt

Colorado rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$407$380 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$407 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,096Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $339 to $977
$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $407

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
$407.38
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Hawaii than in Nebraska. 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.

Colorado· 42nd of 51

$417

HI $1,514NE $339

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.