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Light-Activated Drug Treatment for Retina Vessels

Alaska rates for HCPCS 67221

This is a treatment for abnormal blood vessel growth beneath the retina, often related to macular degeneration, where a light-sensitive medication is given through an intravenous line and then activated with a special low-energy light aimed into the eye. Activating the medication seals off the abnormal vessels while sparing the surrounding healthy retinal tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Light-Activated Drug Treatment for Retina Vessels cost?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $437 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$550 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$316 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,888Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $437professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,202.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$832

WY $977WV $257

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.