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Aqueous Shunt

Illinois rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 5 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$479$457 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$468 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,898Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $479

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
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$490

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.