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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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$6,759

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,759 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$871$708 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $10,965Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $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
$2,691.53
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$20,417.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 11th of 50

$6,759

$871 physician + $5,888 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.