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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Louisiana 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?

$3,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$977$851 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,380 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,457Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $977

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$3,067

$977 physician + $2,089 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.