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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Illinois 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?

$3,512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,000$794 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,230 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,738
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,000

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
$812.83
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 33rd of 50

$3,512

$1,000 physician + $2,512 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.