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Light-Activated Drug Treatment for Retina Vessels

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $537 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$245 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$251 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,072Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $219 to $380
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $295

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
$245.47
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
5 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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska 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.

Arkansas· 36th of 51

$295

AK $832FL $234

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.