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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Bifocal

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $324 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$178$138 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$263 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $126 to $550Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $126 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
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
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
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
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
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 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.

Massachusetts· 20th 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.