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Choroid Lesion Destruction, Feeder Vessel Photocoagulation

Alabama rates for HCPCS G0186

Destruction of localized lesion of choroid (for example, choroidal neovascularization); photocoagulation, feeder vessel technique (one or more sessions)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Choroid Lesion Destruction, Feeder Vessel Photocoagulation cost?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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 4 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$589$525 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$891 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,399Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $832
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,479professional $589

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in California than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $646 · 33rd of 51
CA $4,365CT $229

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.