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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 October 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$8,807

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,807 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$3,311$1,549 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$4,467 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $10,233Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $3,311

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in South Carolina. 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· 1st of 51

$8,807

$3,311 physician + $5,495 facility

AK $8,807SC $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.