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Corneal Lesion Destruction

Massachusetts 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?

$989

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $989 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$398 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$309 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,239Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $562

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
$831.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
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
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$989

$562 physician + $427 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.