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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Minnesota 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?

$3,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,230 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,514 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,549

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
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$3,893

$1,549 physician + $2,344 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.