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Corneal Lesion Destruction

Delaware rates for HCPCS 65450

This treats an abnormal area on the cornea, the clear surface at the front of the eye, by destroying it with a method such as freezing, light-based coagulation, or laser, including the thin outer layer covering it. It's used to remove growths or abnormal tissue from the corneal surface. This is a destructive treatment rather than a surgical excision that removes a tissue sample.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Corneal Lesion Destruction cost?

$475

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $475 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $186 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$275 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$186$93.33 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,698Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $263 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $186professional $288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
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
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Hawaii than in Florida. 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

Delaware· 50th of 51

$475

$288 physician + $186 facility

HI $3,255FL $440

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.