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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical

Minnesota rates for HCPCS V2520

Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$120 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$123 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $123 to $617Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $52 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $148professional $151

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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
11 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
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 Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$151

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.