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Medicated Insert Placed Under The Eyelid

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 0445T

A small insert that slowly releases medication is placed under the eyelid, where it rests against the surface of the eye and delivers medicine steadily instead of relying on drops. Fitting the insert, instructing the patient, and checking that it sits correctly are part of the visit. It can be placed in one eye or in both.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Medicated Insert Placed Under The Eyelid cost?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$347 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$1,000 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $316 to $8,710Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $186 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $355

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in California than in Indiana. 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.

New Mexico· 41st of 51

$355

CA $3,802IN $240

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.