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Laser Opening Of The Eye's Drainage Tissue

South Carolina 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $11,482 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 6 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$224$219 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,482$692 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $219 to $22,909Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $219 to $295
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $224

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
$218.78
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$229

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.