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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Arkansas 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 $1,862 · 10th–90th $955$5,6230%10%10th90th$1,862Professionalmedian $741 · 10th–90th $437$1,0000%20%10th90th$741$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K

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
$812.83
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11