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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Montana 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?

$2,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$1,202$851 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,230 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,162Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $1,202

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Montana 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

Montana· 46th of 51

$2,461

$1,202 physician + $1,259 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.