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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Maine 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?

$2,926

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,926 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,148$912 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,698 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,631Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
12 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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14

Where Maine 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

Maine· 35th of 51

$2,926

$1,148 physician + $1,778 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.