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Contact Lens, PMMA, Spherical

South Carolina rates for HCPCS V2500

Contact lens, PMMA, spherical, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, PMMA, Spherical cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$74.13$57.54 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$79.43 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $79 to $132Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $48 to $100
$50$100$200facility $87professional $74

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
4 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$69.18
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 South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 30th of 51

$74.13

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.