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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Bifocal

Louisiana rates for HCPCS V2522

Contact lens, hydrophilic, bifocal, per lens

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Bifocal cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$178$105 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$288 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $240 to $589Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $105 to $234
$100$200$500facility $389professional $178

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
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
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 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Indiana. 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· 22nd of 51

$178

AK $347IN $105

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.