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Laser Opening Of The Eye's Drainage Tissue

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 0621T

Uses a laser to make tiny channels through the eye's own drainage tissue so fluid can leave the eye more easily and the pressure inside falls. It treats glaucoma, where pressure that stays too high slowly damages the nerve carrying sight from the eye, and it works through the eye's existing drainage angle rather than creating a new opening through the outer wall.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Opening Of The Eye's Drainage Tissue cost?

$251

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $234 to $4,074.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $251 to $7,762Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $148 to $251
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $251

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
$251.19
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$691.83

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 34.7 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

Washington, DC· 41st of 51

$251

CA $7,762MS $224

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.