go back

Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Oklahoma 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 $6,457 · 10th–90th $1,148$13,1830%5%10%10th90th$6,457Professionalmedian $759 · 10th–90th $631$9770%20%10th90th$759$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0K$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
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29