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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

North Carolina 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?

$3,441

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$759 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,148 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,310Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $871

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
$794.33
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 36th of 50

$3,441

$871 physician + $2,570 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.