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Pterygium Removal Without Graft

Alabama rates for HCPCS 65420

This procedure removes a growth of pink, fleshy tissue that has formed on the white part of the eye and extended onto the clear front surface, called the cornea. This kind of growth is often linked to long-term sun or wind exposure and can cause irritation or blurred vision as it grows. The tissue is removed without placing a separate patch of tissue over the area afterward.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pterygium Removal Without Graft cost?

$1,301

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$389 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$776 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,884Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $525

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
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
8 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
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Colorado than in Alabama. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 51st of 51

$1,301

$525 physician + $776 facility

CO $4,902AL $1,301

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.