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Choroid Lesion Destruction, Feeder Vessel Photocoagulation

Virginia 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 8 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$692$525 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$813 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,079Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $692

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
$776.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in California than in Connecticut. 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.

Virginia· 17th of 51

$776

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.