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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

South 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 July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$3,395

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,395 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$891 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$977 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $1,445

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,949.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 37th of 50

$3,395

$1,445 physician + $1,950 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.