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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Minnesota 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 $3,467 · 10th–90th $759$15,4880%10%10th90th$3,467Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th–90th $776$1,4450%20%10th90th$1,230$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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71