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Eyelid Oil Gland Clearing For Dry Eye

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 0563T

Clears blocked oil glands in the eyelids, a common cause of dry, gritty, burning eyes. Warmth is applied to the lids to soften the thickened oil inside the glands, and the glands are then pressed by hand so the blockage is expressed and normal oil flow returns.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Eyelid Oil Gland Clearing For Dry Eye cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 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$115$48.98 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$631 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,074Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $27 to $200
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,380professional $115

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
$575.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$199.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 61.7 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Tennessee· 26th of 51

$141

CO $1,905MD $30.90

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.