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Draining Blood From The Front Of The Eye

Missouri 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 October 2026.

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

$3,435

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,435 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$617$537 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,514 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,079Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,548
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $617

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
$758.58
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska 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

Missouri· 11th of 51

$3,435

$617 physician + $2,818 facility

AK $5,141MT $1,633

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.