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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS V2520

Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical cost?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$74.13 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$141 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $71 to $295Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $66 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $170professional $93

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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
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
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
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 Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 33rd of 51

$93.33

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.