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Draining Fluid From The Front Of The Eye

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 65800

A very fine needle is used to draw off a small amount of the clear fluid from the chamber at the front of the eye, just behind the cornea. It may be done to bring down pressure inside the eye quickly or to obtain fluid for laboratory testing. Numbing drops or an injection are used and it takes only a few minutes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Draining Fluid From The Front Of The Eye cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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 5 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$148$120 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$794 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $166 to $4,074Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $89 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $148

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
$165.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$223.87

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Hawaii than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$186

HI $1,148WV $117

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.