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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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$7,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$776 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,951 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $17,378Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $977

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
$977.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 8th of 50

$7,143

$977 physician + $6,166 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.