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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Georgia 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?

$4,654

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,654 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,023$813 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,445 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $1,023

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
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 19th of 50

$4,654

$1,023 physician + $3,631 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.