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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Arkansas 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?

$2,671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$851$759 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$933 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,571Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,148
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $851

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
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 50

$2,671

$851 physician + $1,820 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.