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Aqueous Shunt

South Dakota rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 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 7 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$794$724 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$603 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,585Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $794

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$794

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.