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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

California 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 $6,166 · 10th–90th $3,236$13,8040%5%10th90th$6,166Professionalmedian $741 · 10th–90th $437$3,0900%10%10th90th$741$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$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
$2,951.21
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,754.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$22,908.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80