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Procedure price report · Destruction of lesion of retina and choroid

Laser treatment of a lesion of the choroid in the eye

CPT 67220the billing code this page is about

Destruction of a localized abnormality in the choroid, the vascular layer behind the retina, using laser; the code covers one or more treatment sessions.

Hospitals typically charge $1,183 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 355 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,170. Most fall between $649 and $2,489 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
355
States
45
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 355 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
$472$665$1,183$1,956$3,436

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($472 vs $3,436).

How the prices are spread

$361 – $459: 14 hospitals$361$459 – $584: 22 hospitals$584 – $742: 60 hospitals$584$742 – $944: 28 hospitals$944 – $1,200: 38 hospitals$944$1,200 – $1,526: 73 hospitals$1,526 – $1,940: 12 hospitals$1,526$1,940 – $2,466: 18 hospitals$2,466 – $3,135: 33 hospitals$2,466$3,135 – $3,986: 23 hospitals$3,135median $1,183price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (321 of 355 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$361$45914
$459$58422
$584$74260
$742$94428
$944$1,20038
$1,200$1,52673
$1,526$1,94012
$1,940$2,46618
$2,466$3,13533
$3,135$3,98623

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$562
Median cash price$1,183
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.1×

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 $1,183.

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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,054 across 20 hospitalsIL$1,054Wisconsin: median $1,462 across 30 hospitalsWI$1,462Michigan: median $756 across 10 hospitalsMI$756New York: median $653 across 29 hospitalsNY$653Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,321 across 14 hospitalsIA$1,321Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $315 across 20 hospitalsPA$315New 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 $2,951 across 41 hospitalsCA$2,951Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $807 across 12 hospitalsOK$807Louisiana: median $502 across 14 hospitalsLA$502Mississippi: median $665 across 11 hospitalsMS$665Alabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 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 20 hospitalsTX$1,242Florida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,183. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+220%$607 – $5,419
California CA41$2,951+150%$1,253 – $2,951
Wisconsin WI30$1,462+24%$953 – $3,436
Iowa IA14$1,321+12%$1,321 – $2,029
Texas TX20$1,242+5%$1,242 – $1,242
Illinois IL20$1,054−11%$452 – $3,613
Oklahoma OK12$807−32%$807 – $807
Michigan MI10$756−36%$756 – $3,436
Mississippi MS11$665−44%$665 – $1,258
New York NY29$653−45%$649 – $1,566
Louisiana LA14$502−58%$363 – $563
Pennsylvania PA20$315−73%$250 – $597
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,183.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care311$1,088$608 – $2,379
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access38$1,309$985 – $3,436
Ownership
For-profit25$985$656 – $1,242
Government47$796$649 – $1,685
Non-profit283$1,242$632 – $2,951
System affiliation
Part of a system307$1,201$649 – $2,738
Independent48$929$655 – $1,684

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,877
Median cash price$1,183
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

239 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,242 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,244; most fall between $722 and $2,691.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 239 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
$494$807$1,242$1,947$2,951

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($494 vs $2,951).

Of the 252 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 239 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 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

355 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 376 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted355
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here13
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code376

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 Lesion Choroid Pc 1/> Sess.

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, “Laser treatment of a lesion of the choroid in the eye (CPT 67220) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-67220-laser-treatment-of-a-lesion-of-the-choroid-in-the-eye