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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

North Dakota 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?

$2,993

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,993 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,230 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$794 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 32nd of 51

$2,993

$1,479 physician + $1,514 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.