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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Florida 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?

$2,508

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,508 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$457 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,072 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $776 to $11,749Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $100 to $955
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $603

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
$602.56
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
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
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96

Where Florida 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

Florida· 45th of 51

$2,508

$603 physician + $1,905 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.