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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical

Nebraska rates for HCPCS V2520

Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, 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 $145 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$74.13 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$141 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $120 to $692Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $63 to $120
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
2 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
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
PL · Progressive lenses
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XC
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 42nd of 51

$74.13

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.