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Eye Surgery to Create a Drainage Channel

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0123T

An operation on the eye that opens a new pathway for fluid to leave the inside of the eye. Lowering the fluid pressure inside the eye protects the optic nerve, the cable that carries sight to the brain, from further damage. The eye is numbed and the surgery is usually done as a day procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Eye Surgery to Create a Drainage Channel cost?

$11,482

Typical facility fee. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,482 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,318 to $14,454.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,749 · 10th to 90th $6,918 to $20,417Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $398
$100$1K$10Kfacility $11,749professional $30

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,417.38

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 389.0 times more in California than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

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CA $11,749SC $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.