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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Connecticut 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?

$6,214

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,214 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$1,202$891 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,715 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $1,202

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 12th of 50

$6,214

$1,202 physician + $5,012 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.