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Contact Lens, Other Type

California rates for HCPCS V2599

Contact lens, other type

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contact Lens, Other Type cost?

$3.98

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.98 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3.98 to $3.98.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $4
$5$10$20$50professional $4

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$1,000.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$67.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XC
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
6 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
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
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

Where California sits

The same service costs 2511.9 times more in Alaska than in Colorado. 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.

California· 39th of 51

$3.98

AK $10,000CO $3.98

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.