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Draining Blood From The Front Of The Eye

Iowa rates for HCPCS 65815

This procedure removes blood that has collected in the front chamber of the eye, often after an injury, using a fine needle or instrument to drain the fluid. Removing the blood helps relieve pressure inside the eye and reduces the risk of complications affecting vision. Irrigation may be used to help clear the area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$4,220

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,220 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$603 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,622 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,079Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $832

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
$831.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 18th of 50

$4,220

$832 physician + $3,388 facility

IN $7,363WV $1,220

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.