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Aqueous Shunt

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$724$417 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$891 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,738Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $724

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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,318.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$759

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.