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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Alaska rates for HCPCS 65820

This eye surgery lowers pressure inside the eye by creating or improving a drainage pathway for the fluid inside it. It is generally used to treat glaucoma and is typically a planned, scheduled procedure rather than emergency treatment for a sudden pressure spike.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$7,241

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,241 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$2,455$1,820 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,202 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $2,455

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,309.57
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Wyoming than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 6th of 50

$7,241

$2,455 physician + $4,786 facility

WY $13,189MD $2,072

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.