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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

New Mexico 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 $15,849 · 10th–90th $1,549$28,8400%10%10th90th$15,849Professionalmedian $759 · 10th–90th $525$1,0000%20%40%10th90th$759$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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54