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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

New Jersey 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?

$4,036

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,036 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$724$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,862 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,318Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $724

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,715.35
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,488.17
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
6 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$4,036

$724 physician + $3,311 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.