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Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Bifocal

North Carolina rates for HCPCS V2522

Contact lens, hydrophilic, bifocal, per lens

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Hydrophilic, Bifocal cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $186 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$148 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$174 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $151 to $263Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $93 to $219
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $174

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where North Carolina sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. 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.

North Carolina· 7th of 51

$178

AR $204KS $145

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.