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Aqueous Shunt

Texas rates for HCPCS L8612

Aqueous shunt

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aqueous Shunt cost?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 9 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$355 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$447 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $339 to $4,677Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $339 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $631professional $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
$338.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 35th of 51

$437

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.