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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Florida 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 $5,495 · 10th–90th $1,000$12,0230%5%10%10th90th$5,495Professionalmedian $759 · 10th–90th $550$1,0000%20%10th90th$759$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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,413.10
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,801.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13