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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

North Dakota 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 October 2026.

How much does Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,122$794 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$372 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $372 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Texas than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Dakota· 28th of 51

$1,175

TX $3,981DE $776

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.