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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Missouri 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 $3,388 · 10th–90th $1,259$7,9430%10%10th90th$3,388Professionalmedian $776 · 10th–90th $537$2,6300%10%20%10th90th$776$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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93