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Procedure price report · Destruction of lesion of retina and choroid

Freezing treatment of a retinal lesion

CPT 67208the billing code this page is about

Destruction of a localized retinal abnormality, such as a tumor or area of swelling, using freezing or heat; the code covers one or more treatment sessions.

Hospitals typically charge $1,026 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 301 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,139. Most fall between $458 and $1,989 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
301
States
42
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 301 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$352$563$1,026$1,742$3,920

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($352 vs $3,920).

How the prices are spread

$318 – $418: 40 hospitals$318$418 – $549: 19 hospitals$549 – $722: 17 hospitals$549$722 – $950: 50 hospitals$950 – $1,248: 38 hospitals$950$1,248 – $1,641: 30 hospitals$1,641 – $2,158: 36 hospitals$1,641$2,158 – $2,838: 6 hospitals$2,838 – $3,731: 3 hospitals$2,838$3,731 – $4,906: 32 hospitals$3,731median $1,026price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (271 of 301 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$318$41840
$418$54919
$549$72217
$722$95050
$950$1,24838
$1,248$1,64130
$1,641$2,15836
$2,158$2,8386
$2,838$3,7313
$3,731$4,90632

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$324
Median cash price$1,026
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.2×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,026.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $933 across 15 hospitalsIL$933Wisconsin: median $3,854 across 20 hospitalsWI$3,854Michigan: median $436 across 10 hospitalsMI$436New York: median $354 across 22 hospitalsNY$354Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,491 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,491Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $332 across 13 hospitalsPA$332New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,742 across 40 hospitalsCA$1,742Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $935 across 12 hospitalsOK$935Louisiana: median $563 across 10 hospitalsLA$563Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,242 across 21 hospitalsTX$1,242Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,026. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI20$3,854+276%$517 – $3,854
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+269%$331 – $5,419
California CA40$1,742+70%$900 – $1,742
Iowa IA14$1,491+45%$1,491 – $1,491
Texas TX21$1,242+21%$1,225 – $1,581
Oklahoma OK12$935−9%$935 – $935
Illinois IL15$933−9%$851 – $4,340
Louisiana LA10$563−45%$222 – $1,802
Michigan MI10$436−57%$436 – $3,854
New York NY22$354−66%$354 – $954
Pennsylvania PA13$332−68%$285 – $364
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,026.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care256$980$397 – $1,867
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access37$1,123$828 – $3,854
Ownership
For-profit26$920$851 – $1,581
Government31$673$354 – $1,226
Non-profit244$1,086$517 – $2,178
System affiliation
Part of a system258$1,086$436 – $2,105
Independent43$954$458 – $1,514

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,864
Median cash price$1,026
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

194 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,242 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,277; most fall between $828 and $1,867.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 194 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$419$851$1,242$1,742$3,854

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($419 vs $3,854).

Of the 203 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 194 gave a usable cash price; 7 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

301 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 320 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted301
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here15
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code320

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Destruction of lesion of retina and choroid family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Dstrj Loclzd Lesion Retina 1/> Sess Crtx Dthrm.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Freezing treatment of a retinal lesion (CPT 67208) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-67208-freezing-treatment-of-a-retinal-lesion