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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Colorado 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?

$7,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$871 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,570 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $13,804Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $977

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
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$7,738

$977 physician + $6,761 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.