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Laser Opening Of The Eye's Drainage Channel

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 0730T

A laser is used to open tiny channels through the mesh-like drainage tissue at the edge of the front of the eye, so fluid can leave the eye more easily and the pressure inside it falls. Scanning that produces cross-section images of the drainage structures is used during the procedure to aim the laser precisely. It treats glaucoma without cutting into the eye.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $10,471 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$251$245 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,471$417 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $245 to $21,878Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $245 to $316
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $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
$245.47
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 28.2 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· 48th of 51

$251

CA $6,457MS $229

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.