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Aqueous Shunt

South Carolina rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 5 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$427$363 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$407 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $363 to $5,888Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $427

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
$363.08
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 29th of 51

$457

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.