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Aqueous Shunt

Montana rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$676$447 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$676 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $550 to $2,399Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,549
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $794professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$724

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.