Eye injection cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection): from $66.30 to $2,608.20, with a median of $814.55. The lowest listed price is at AHN Wexford Hospital — $748.25 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $511.56 at 19 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 cities for code 67028, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHN Wexford Hospital lowest Wexford, PA · (412) 295-3319 PR INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX | $66.30 | $255.00 | $79.04–$1,280.40 | 74% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 578-5000 PR INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX | $68.85 | $255.00 | $79.04–$1,280.40 | 73% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 INJECTION EYE DRUG | $494.50 | $989.00 | $116.47–$745.95 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 692-5325 INTRAVITREAL INJ PHARM AGENT | $1,134.60 | $1,891.00 | $66.64–$1,701.90 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 INTRAVITREAL INJ PHARM AGENT | $1,959.60 | $3,266.00 | $116.47–$2,939.40 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 INTRAVITREAL INJ PHARM AGENT | $2,608.20 | $4,347.00 | $116.47–$3,694.95 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $66.30, median $814.55, highest $2,608.20 — a 39.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,959.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 6 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This code covers injecting medicine into the eye, for macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease.
What the price covers
The price is for the injection. The drug is billed separately and often costs far more.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 67028 ($589.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX | $48.45 | file |