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Table 1 Average national medicare costs in 2015 US nominal dollars

From: Triple combination therapy and zeaxanthin for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: an interventional comparative study and cost-effectiveness analysis

Intervention

CPT code

Cost per treatment

Visudyne dye for PDT therapy

J3396

$1613

Intravitreal bevacizumab, 1.25 mg

J9035

$68

Intravitreal dexamethasone, 1 mg

J1100

$10

Photodynamic therapy physician fee

67,221

$298

Intravitreal injection of medication

67,028

$106

Fundus photography

92,250

$79

Intravenous fluorescein angiography

92,235

$111

Indocyanine green angiography

92,240

$256

Optical coherence tomography

92,134

$46

Ophthalmological services, medical examination and evaluation

92,004

$151

Ophthalmological services, medical examination and evaluation

92,012

$87

Ophthalmological services, medical examination and treatment

92,014

$126

Eye Promise Zeaxanthina, Zea Vision, 20 mg per day, 1-year cost

NA

$360

  1. CPT current procedural terminology, the interventional classification utilized by Medicare, NA not applicable
  2. aNot included within the Medicare CPT codes