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Aqueous Shunt

Iowa rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$575$398 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$575 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,820Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,514
$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $575

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
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$575

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.