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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Tennessee 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?

$3,654

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,654 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,023$794 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,445 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,023

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
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 31st of 50

$3,654

$1,023 physician + $2,630 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.