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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical

Louisiana rates for HCPCS V2520

Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$95.50$61.66 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$155 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $129 to $316Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $62 to $126
$50$100$200facility $204professional $95

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
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
3 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
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 Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Minnesota than in Utah. 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.

Louisiana· 29th of 51

$95.50

MN $151UT $61.66

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.