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Choroid Lesion Destruction, Feeder Vessel Photocoagulation

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$646$589 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$380 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,311Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $457professional $646

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
$575.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.6 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$617

AK $1,778FL $490

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.