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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Arizona 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 $4,571 · 10th–90th $2,042$7,7620%10%10th90th$4,571Professionalmedian $759 · 10th–90th $676$1,2300%20%40%10th90th$759$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27