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Corneal Lesion Destruction

Utah 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?

$812

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $812 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$56.23 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$316 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $209 to $4,467Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $30 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $195

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
$316.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
7 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
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Utah 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

Utah· 33rd of 51

$812

$195 physician + $617 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.