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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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$2,207

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$794$631 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,288 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $12,882Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $1,413professional $794

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 50

$2,207

$794 physician + $1,413 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.