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Glaucoma Drainage Gel Implant Placement

Tennessee 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 $4,074 · 10th–90th $1,230$8,9130%10%10th90th$4,074Professionalmedian $708 · 10th–90th $501$1,2300%20%40%10th90th$708$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
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$22,908.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82