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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Idaho 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?

$4,072

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,122 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,479 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,778
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $1,380

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,265.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$13,182.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
22 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
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 13th of 51

$4,072

$1,380 physician + $2,692 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.