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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0449T

A surgeon places a soft, flexible tube-like implant inside the eye to create a new drainage channel for fluid, helping to lower eye pressure in people with glaucoma. It's placed through a very small opening without a large incision, and unlike some other minimally invasive glaucoma implants, it's often positioned to drain fluid to just beneath the surface tissue of the eye rather than into a deeper internal space. It's typically used for glaucoma that hasn't been well controlled with eye drops alone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th–90th $1,202$13,4900%10%10th90th$5,370Professionalmedian $794 · 10th–90th $589$1,6220%20%10th90th$794$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0K$100.0K

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Facility and professional rates are different services and are charted separately. Need provider-level prices? Contact us.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59