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Corneal Lesion Destruction

Georgia 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?

$936

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$372 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$195 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,548Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $282 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $447

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
$371.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
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
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 27th of 51

$936

$447 physician + $490 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.