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Extra Eye Drainage Device Under The Surface Lining

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 0450T

A further small drainage tube placed from inside the eye so that fluid drains out into the space beneath the clear membrane covering the white of the eye. It is placed during the same operation as the first device and is billed in addition to it. Draining fluid this way lowers the pressure inside the eye in glaucoma.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Eye Drainage Device Under The Surface Lining cost?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$245 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,514 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,318Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $245 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Pennsylvania· 30th of 51

$363

CA $4,898ND $295

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.