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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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$2,950

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$832 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,072 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$512.86
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 41st of 50

$2,950

$1,000 physician + $1,950 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.