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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Massachusetts 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 $3,311 · 10th–90th $1,072$7,2440%10%10th90th$3,311Professionalmedian $955 · 10th–90th $759$2,2910%10%10th90th$955$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0K

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,803.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,803.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40