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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Massachusetts 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?

$3,321

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$977$832 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,413 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,623Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $977

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
$831.76
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 38th of 50

$3,321

$977 physician + $2,344 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.