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Eye Tap With Removal of Vitreous Gel

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 65810

A fine instrument is passed into the front chamber of the eye, just behind the cornea, so that fluid can be drawn off and jelly-like vitreous that has moved forward into the chamber can be removed. Air is sometimes injected to keep the chamber formed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Eye Tap With Removal of Vitreous Gel cost?

$3,259

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,259 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$912 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,622 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,188professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 15th of 51

$3,259

$1,072 physician + $2,188 facility

CO $5,146MT $1,384

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.