Tiny Drainage Stent Into The Eye's Drainage Angle

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0191T

A very small stent is placed inside the eye, through a small incision, into the natural drainage channel in the angle where the iris meets the cornea. It opens a route for fluid to leave the eye so the pressure inside falls, which is the goal in treating glaucoma. This covers the first stent placed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tiny Drainage Stent Into The Eye's Drainage Angle cost?

$7,586

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,586 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 21 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$372	$372 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$8,511	$6,026 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $16,218Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,122

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,630.78 Median $8,709.64 Typical High $15,848.93	Facility	Global	$3,630.78	$8,709.64	$15,848.93
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $891.25 Median $1,202.26 Typical High $3,311.31	Facility	Global	$891.25	$1,202.26	$3,311.31
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $371.54 Median $407.38 Typical High $467.74	Professional	Global	$371.54	$407.38	$467.74
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $602.56 Median $2,290.87 Typical High $7,244.36	Facility	Global	$602.56	$2,290.87	$7,244.36
United Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $30.90 Median $42.66 Typical High $831.76	Professional	Global	$30.90	$42.66	$831.76

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 346.7 times more in California than in Idaho. 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 $10,471ID $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.