Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
TREATMENT OF EXTENSIVE OR PROGRESSIVE RETINOPATHY (EG, DIABETIC RETINOPATHY), PHOTOCOAGULATION
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Mercy’s median price of $623 is 20% below the median hospital's median price ($781), higher than 37% of the 1,609 hospitals reporting CPT 67228. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 11 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $335 | $335 | — | — | — | $335 – $335 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $562 | $562 | $13 | 2% | — | $549 – $575 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $564 | $564 | — | — | — | $564 – $564 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $565 | $565 | — | — | — | $565 – $565 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $565 | $565 | — | — | — | $565 – $565 |
| 6 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $727 | $727 | — | — | — | $727 – $727 |
| 7 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $754 | $754 | — | — | — | $754 – $754 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $776 | $776 | — | — | — | $776 – $776 |
| 9 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 10 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 11 | Highmark commercial - indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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