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Medicated Insert Placed Under The Eyelid

West Virginia 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 3 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$309$295 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$295 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,738Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $447
$500$1Kfacility $295professional $309

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$302

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.