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Aqueous Shunt

North Carolina rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$603$479 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$832 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,413Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $363 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $603

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
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$603

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.