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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Kentucky 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?

$2,827

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,827 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$832$708 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,413 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,388Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $832

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
$416.87
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,365.16
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 43rd of 50

$2,827

$832 physician + $1,995 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.