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Aqueous Shunt

Maryland rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 6 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$398$363 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$347 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,548Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $339 to $646
$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $398

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
$346.74
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 44th of 51

$398

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.