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Contact Lens, PMMA, Spherical

Iowa rates for HCPCS V2500

Contact lens, PMMA, spherical, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, PMMA, Spherical cost?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $155 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$83.18$50.12 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$112 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $102 to $288Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $49 to $158
$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $83

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CD · Dialysis lab test, bundled
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
CM · 80–99% impaired
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XC
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii than in Indiana. 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.

Iowa· 21st of 51

$83.18

HI $126IN $47.86

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.