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Choroid Lesion Destruction, Feeder Vessel Photocoagulation

Minnesota 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$933$646 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,380 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,571Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,175
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,905professional $933

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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $1,023 · 8th 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.