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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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$5,166

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,698$1,148 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,344 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,698

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,456.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 16th of 50

$5,166

$1,698 physician + $3,467 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.