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Laser Treatment For Widespread Retinal Disease

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 67228

This is a laser treatment applied across a wide area of the retina, the light-sensing layer at the back of the eye, used to treat extensive or worsening disease of the retina's blood vessels, such as advanced diabetic eye disease. The laser creates controlled small burns across the retina to reduce abnormal blood vessel growth and lower the risk of vision loss.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Treatment For Widespread Retinal Disease cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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 7 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$427$380 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$741 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $380 to $9,772Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,950professional $427

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.0 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.

South Carolina· 48th of 51

$427

WY $1,514WV $380

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.