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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Kansas 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 $3,981 · 10th–90th $1,445$9,7720%10%10th90th$3,981Professionalmedian $776 · 10th–90th $631$1,4450%20%10th90th$776$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
$2,089.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27