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Radioactive Implant Treatment For Retinal Tumor

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 67218

This is a treatment for a tumor or other localized abnormality on the retina in which a small radioactive source is surgically attached to the outside of the eye, directly over the affected area, then removed after the appropriate treatment time has passed. It delivers a concentrated dose of radiation directly to the tumor while limiting exposure to the rest of the body. It is most often used to treat certain tumors inside the eye, such as a melanoma of the eye.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radioactive Implant Treatment For Retinal Tumor cost?

$3,498

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,498 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$447 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,585 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,862
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,259

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
$1,737.80
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$3,498

$1,259 physician + $2,239 facility

AK $9,962DE $3,108

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.