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Aqueous Shunt

Minnesota rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$955$794 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,047 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,762Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,122
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $955

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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$955

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.