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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical

Virginia rates for HCPCS V2520

Contact lens, hydrophilic, spherical, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Spherical cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$81.28 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$166 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $110 to $355Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $62 to $162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $166professional $100

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
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 Virginia 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.

Virginia· 28th of 51

$100

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.